jiffy

1. (colloquial)A very short, unspecified length of time.

   I’ll be back in a jiffy.

   Moment, Augenblick

   мигmig, один момент, минутуminutu

   a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

2. A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.

   систе́мный тикsistémnyj tik

3. The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).

4. The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.

1. I'll be ready in a jiffy.

   ruЯ буду готов в момент.

   deIch bin gleich fertig.

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2. I'll be back in a jiffy.

   deIch bin sofort zurück.

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3. I'll return in a jiffy.

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4. It'll be ready in a jiffy.

   deDer ist gleich fertig.

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5. He'll fix it in a jiffy.

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