What opinions are you seeing? I see the definition "Jiffy is an informal term for any unspecified short period of time," which makes sense to me.mogrady wrote:The question "How long is a jiffy?" came up on almost every test i took last year. The internet seems to have two opinions on this. Anyone know the true answer?
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That definition came form the original definition, which is the amount of time it takes for light to travel 1cm, which is approximately 33 picoseconds.bernard wrote:What opinions are you seeing? I see the definition "Jiffy is an informal term for any unspecified short period of time," which makes sense to me.mogrady wrote:The question "How long is a jiffy?" came up on almost every test i took last year. The internet seems to have two opinions on this. Anyone know the true answer?