instantaneous
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˌɪn.stənˈteɪ.ni.əs/
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instantáneo
- The new software allows for instantaneous data updates, enabling users to see changes right away.
- instantaneous communication
- almost instantaneous
- virtually instantaneous
So it's not instantaneous, but it's not too long to wait.
- So it's not instantaneous, but it's not too long to wait.
- Should I go forward making these instantaneous decisions?
- So there is that where the instantaneous freezing occurred.
- However, it turns out that this kind of instantaneous change is relatively harmless.
- It has this really, really instantaneous kind of calming effect.
- So no, just an instantaneous direction change from that perspective.
- It was, it was almost kind of instantaneous in that respect.
- The time from shipping to feedback can be instantaneous.
- Now, because Oleds don't use liquid crystals, their transitions are near instantaneous.
- And the dopamine spike that I got from it was instantaneous.
- All right, It it is this letting go is instantaneous.
- Instead, we have this this process of instantaneous gating.
- It'll, it'll just be instantaneous with that.
Examples
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Once the measurement button has been pressed, an instantaneous signal goes back to the computer.
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So this here, this side of the equation is our instantaneous rate of change.
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So it's not instantaneous, but it's not too long to wait.
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Should I go forward making these instantaneous decisions?
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OK, it's not instantaneous, but it's closer than you think.
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However, it turns out that this kind of instantaneous change is relatively harmless.
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The illness must be incurable, the cure must be instantaneous and the cure must be complete.
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Robert joined QuestLabs a year later, and her reaction to him was instantaneous and profound.
Fiction book (2000) -
Basically, we're folding space in a higher dimension to create an instantaneous link between two distant points.
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In order to participate in instantaneous worldwide crisis management, professional soldiers are deemed indispensable.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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1.3
Happening at once without any delay
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1.3
Happening very quickly
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2.0
Happening right away and needing action now
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1.0
Happening or done without any delay
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1.8
Moving or happening very quickly with little delay
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4.2
Happens almost instantly
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How Immediate
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Morphology
Etymology
Instantaneous comes from the shorter word instant, which means 'at that moment'. Instant comes from Latin parts in- 'on' and stare 'to stand', so picture something that 'stands on' the moment and happens right away. That's why instantaneous means 'without delay'.