instantaneous
instantaneous
Definition
in·stan·ta·neous (in′stən tā′nē əs)
adjective
- done, made, or happening in an instant
- done or made without delay; immediate an instantaneous reply
- existing at a particular instant
Etymology: ML instantaneus
in′·stan·ta′·neous·ly adverb
in′·stan·ta′·neous·ness noun
instantaneous
Synonyms
instantaneous
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: A hydraulic system uses a liquid because its near incompressibility makes the action instantaneous as long as the system is full of liquid.
Modifies a noun
- dipole: We now have an attraction between the atoms ( instantaneous dipole - induced dipole interaction ).
- heater: I once had a caravan fitted with an instantaneous water heater.
- snapshot: Instantaneous snapshot during the interaction of incoming wake with gas turbine blade showing dynamically adapted mesh & turbulence kinetic energy distribution.
- velocity: There is only one sensible answer The instantaneous velocity is the limiting value of the average velocity measured over a very small interval.
- occurrence: With its mix ideas not the left's true the surplus an instantaneous occurrence.
- frequency: These results are consistent with instantaneous frequency being smoothed by a time window with a total duration of about 110 ms.
Modifying Another Word
- virtually: Seek time is virtually instantaneous to retrieve a scene from any part of the disk by many search parameters.
- almost: I have designed a small machine code routine which makes the transfer of two sets of graphics almost instantaneous.
- practically: Death, once the animal is caught, is practically instantaneous.
- nearly: Because death was nearly instantaneous, the lungs would show no infarction.
- near: A process driven control loop allows the power supply response to process variations to be near instantaneous.
- not: In some cases spreadsheet update is not instantaneous, however it should not be a problem for any of these spreadsheets.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Grix didn't know how long the trip had taken, it had seemed instantaneous to him, but he was hungry.
- become: Life is stripped down to the basics and becomes truly instantaneous.
- provide: The software is more robust and the device provides instantaneous LOAD.
- appear: Anything but instantaneous, the change would appear instantaneous in the rocks.
- allow: A perfect channel for allowing instantaneous ordering of airport parking was now available.
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