instantaneous

[ in-stuhn-tey-nee-uhs ]

/ ˌɪn stənˈteɪ ni əs /

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adjective

occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.

existing at or pertaining to a particular instant: the instantaneous position of the rocket.

Nearby words

instant, instant camera, instant message, instant photography, instant replay, instantaneous, instantaneous sound pressure, instanter, instantiate, instantiation, instantize

Origin of instantaneous

From the Medieval Latin word instantāneus, dating back to 1645–55. See instant, -an, -eous

SYNONYMS FOR instantaneous

1 immediate, sudden, abrupt.

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in·stan·ta·ne·i·ty

[in-stan-tn-ee-i-tee, in-stuhn-tuh-nee-] /ɪnˌstæn tnˈi ɪ ti, ˌɪn stən təˈni-/, in·stan·ta·ne·ous·ness, nounin·stan·ta·ne·ous·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for instantaneously

Instantaneously posting and garnering likes or retweets is the goal, as with increased notifications, the better the selfie.
The Selfie Olympics Are Upon Us|Marina Watts|January 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fact that doing so can instantaneously alleviate all our discomfort is hard to resist.
The Science of Breakups|Amir Levine, Rachel Heller|August 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Which it goes ahead and does instantaneously, before you even get to the next page.
Twitter's Gangster Spam Trap|Douglas Rushkoff|September 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
This accounted for it becoming so instantaneously invisible.
The Funny Side of Physic|A. D. Crabtre

He saw the young man come riding up the acacia path, and he instantaneously guessed his mission.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 15, No. 90, June, 1875|Various
The electric lamps were then instantaneously extinguished, and all was darkness.
To Mars via The Moon|Mark Wicks
As soon as he had uttered the last two words, Captain Helsham's cheek was instantaneously blanched.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 68, No 422, December 1850|Various
She jerked herself away angrily and instantaneously from this thought, ashamed of herself.
Rough-Hewn|Dorothy Canfield

British Dictionary definitions for instantaneously

instantaneous

/ (ˌɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs) /

adjective

occurring with almost no delay; immediate

happening or completed within a momentinstantaneous death

maths

occurring at or associated with a particular instant
equal to the limit of the average value of a given variable as the time interval over which the variable is considered approaches zeroinstantaneous velocity

Derived Forms

instantaneously, adverbinstantaneousness or instantaneity (ɪnˌstæntəˈniːɪtɪ), noun

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