English
Etymology
NL., 17th century
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪni�s|-eɪni�s
Adjective
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- Occurring, arise|arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time.
Quotations
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1700s=1766|
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2000s=2007
1631, William Twisse, A discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie, ch. 6, p. 223,
:This instantaneous motion is supposed by you, to be infinitely swift.
1766, w:Oliver_Goldsmith|Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, ch. 14.
:However, no lovers in romance ever cemented a more instantaneous friendship.
1813, w:Jane_Austen|Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, ch. 57,
:The colour now rushed into Elizabeth's cheeks in the instantaneous conviction of its being a letter from the nephew.
1907, w:Joseph_Conrad|Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent, ch. 4,
:It's the principle of the pneumatic instantaneous shutter for a camera lens.
2007, Spector jury given graphic account of actress 'murder' Times Online, London, 30 May (retrieved 13 July 2007),
:He said that the bullet went through her head, severed her spine and death would have been almost instantaneous.
Synonyms
instant
Derived terms
instantaneously
instantaneity
Translations
Finnish: välitön, silmänräpäyksellinen, äkillinen
French: instantané
German: augenblicklich
Italian: istantaneo
Russian: мгновенн�й
Spanish: instantáneo
References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913|instantaneous
R:Dictionary.com|instantaneous
"instantaneous" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"instantaneous" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"instantaneous" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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