мгновение ока — meaning in English
mgnoveniye oka
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English meaning
Senses
мгновение ока is used for these senses in English:
- blink of an eye (idiom) A moment (a very short period of time).
- jiffy (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
- snap A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
jiffy — full definition
- noun (informal) A very short amount of time.
- noun A precise unit of time set by a computer's internal clock, often one hundredth of a second.
- noun The length of one cycle of alternating electric current, either a fiftieth or sixtieth of a second.
- noun The time light takes to travel a set short distance, often one centimetre.
snap — full definition
- verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
- verb To speak suddenly and sharply, often out of irritation.
- noun A quick photograph.
- adjective Made suddenly, without much thought or planning.
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