Microscopic vs Jiffy - What's the difference?
microscopic | jiffy |
Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal.
So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.
Very small; minute
Carried out with great attention to detail.
Able to see extremely minute objects.
(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
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, title= (computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values.
(electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)
(physics) The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon)
As an adjective microscopic
is microscopic.As a noun jiffy is
(colloquial) a very short, unspecified length of time.microscopic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
- The water was full of microscopic organisms.
- Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
- The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
- Why has not man a microscopic eye? — Alexander Pope.
Synonyms
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* macroscopicSee also
* naked-eyejiffy
English
Noun
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