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There is no formal definition of a jiffy. In electronics, it can refer to the period of the alternating current cycle. In most countries, the AC supply is at 50 or 60 Hz so that a jiffy is 1/50 or 1/60 of a second.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoA fancy way of saying "a very short time". Wiktionary defines jiffy as: "A very short, unspecified length of time."
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∙ 7y agoan imprecise measure of time, a moment
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Is jiffy one-hundredth of a second?
Actually, it is only 1/100th a second to a company who makes instant noodles. A jiffy is a 1/60 of a second. A centisecond is 1/100 of a second.
What is a jiffy in math terms?
It is 1/100 of a second
Why do you take the reciprocal of the second fraction when dividing?
Because division by a number (the second fraction) is the same as multiplication by its reciprocal.
What fraction of an hour is a second?
1/3600
What fraction of a day is a second?
1/86400
Is jiffy a number?
it is a real fraction of time
How quick is a jiffy?
a jiffy is a 100th of a second. Correction: a jiffy is 16.7 milliseconds, approximately 1/60th of a second. In computers, a jiffy is 55 ms (1/18 sec). This is the length of a time sharing block of time on DOS and Windows computers.
Is jiffy one-hundredth of a second?
Actually, it is only 1/100th a second to a company who makes instant noodles. A jiffy is a 1/60 of a second. A centisecond is 1/100 of a second.
How do you use jiffy in a sentence?
I will be back in a jiffy.However, that's a bit of an exaggeration, as a jiffy is 1/100th of a second.
What is a jiffy in math terms?
It is 1/100 of a second
Why do you eyes blink without you ever think about them?
You have to blink when your supposed to blink and when you blink it happens in a jiffy. A jiffy is 1 out of a hundred of a second.
How many did jiffy pop leave on the second try?
90 i think
Who is jiffy the puppet?
Jiffy is a puppet created by ventriloquist Terry Fator, who won the second season of "America's Got Talent" in 2007. Jiffy is a cowboy character with a southern accent and is known for his comedic performances alongside Terry Fator.
What is 3 billionths of a jiffy?
It depends on what you mean. In the classic electronics sense, a jiffy will depend on where you live, as it's the amount of time between electrical-current cycles in AC power. So for the US, it'd be 1/60 of a second for a jiffy, or, to answer your question 1/180,000,000,000 of a second. In a modern computing sense, it can vary widely, since each platform defines a jiffy as a different value. In a physics sense, a jiffy is the time it takes light to travel one fermi, which is really small, 3x10-24 seconds. Which would make 3 billionths of a jiffy, 9x10-33 seconds.
What is one hundredth of a second?
A centisecond or 1% of a second. Previous answer of millisecond is incorect, as a ms is 1/1000 or 0.001 second.
What nicknames does Jennifer Jiffy Houghton go by?
Jennifer Jiffy Houghton goes by Jiffy.
What is jiffy lube's ticker symbol?
jiffy
