Instantaneous Definition

ĭnstən-tānē-əs
adjective
Done, made, or happening in an instant.
Webster's New World
Occurring or completed without perceptible delay.
Relief was instantaneous.
American Heritage
Done or made without delay; immediate.
An instantaneous reply.
Webster's New World
Existing at a particular instant.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Instantaneous

  • From Medieval Latin īnstantāneus from Latin īnstāns īnstant- present instant

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, 17th century

    From Wiktionary

Instantaneous Sentence Examples

  • His success was instantaneous and complete.

  • With Jonathan, it had been instantaneous as well.

  • Thus the relative motion of the wheels is unchanged; but I is considered as fixed, and 2 has the total motion, that is, a rotation about the instantaneous axis I, with the angular velocity cii+a1.

  • In other words, the results are instantaneous!

  • This second book was an instantaneous success, and indeed marks an epoch in literary history.

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