sanîye — meaning in English

English meaning

• jiffy noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
• second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
• tick noun A small blood-feeding arachnid that attaches to the skin of animals and humans.

Senses

sanîye is used for these senses in English:

• jiffy (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
• tick (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.

jiffy — full definition

1. noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
2. noun 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.
3. noun The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
4. noun 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.

second — full definition

1. adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
2. noun A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute.
3. verb To formally support a motion or proposal so that it can be voted on.

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