Have you heard someone say, “i’ll be there in a jiffy!” to mean that they’ll be there “right away”? Ever wondered what a Jiffy is?
Well I discovered today that a “jiffy” is actually a unit of time: 3.3357 times 10 raised to the -11 (3.3357 * 10-11) seconds. It is named for the length of time it takes light to travel 1 cm in a vacuum!
Pretty cool huh? 
Ok I better get back to work in a jiffy. Hope everyone has been well.
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nimit….thats slightly random, how did you find that out?
I never heard that word before. Is it the smallest unit of time? In Jainism the smallest unit is called Samay. It is said that in a blink of an eye endless Samays passes. When a Jiva is released(died) ,it can take maximum three Samays to reach its next body.
good info nimit… Random bits of knowledge are great to have.
Wow, definitely an interesting thing. I had no idea thats what it
wow, thats random….is that one of those snapple cap things?
no, i actually saw it on a stanford grad school website somewhere. Glad you guys enjoyed it
Next time, i will have to think twice b4 saying somebody i will be there in a jiffy.
lol
In Jain scriptures, there is a measure of time, called “samay”, a very very very samll fragement of time. thsi samay does not mean “time” but a measure of time similar to jiffy. Our scriptures, and Kevalis describe that.
God Mahavir said: samayam ma pamaye, Goyam; (Gautam, do not be lazy for even a samay (jiffy)!
Let us remember that.
Usha and Hans
Usha and Hans
Dad and Hans Uncle thought of the same thing! Brothers thinking alike I guess
. Good point about the samay – that was nice to know.
Dhenu