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instantaneous

/ɪnstənˈteɪni.əs/

instantaneous adjective: occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time.

Adjective

instantaneous (not comparable)

  1. Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time.
    • This instantaneous motion is supposed by you, to be infinitely swift.1631, William Twisse, chapter VI, in A Discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie, page 223
    • However, no lovers in romance ever cemented a more inſtantaneous friendſhip.1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], “Fresh Mortifications, or a Demonstration that Seeming Calamities may be Real Blessings”, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume I, Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for...

instantaneous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

instantaneous in Hindi

instantaneous, immediate
तात्क्षणिक tātkṣaṇik

instantaneous in Tamil

உடனடியான, கணத்தில் நிகழ்கின்ற, உடனடி மதிப்பு, கண, கணம்

instantaneous in Urdu

آناً فاناً, برمحل, بروقت, لمحاتی

instantaneous in Bengali

তাত্ক্ষণিক, মুহূর্তের মধ্যে ঘটে এমন
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instantaneous in Malayalam
തൽക്ഷണികം, ക്ഷണനേരത്തിലുള്ള, ക്ഷണികമായ, ഉടനേയുള്ള
instantaneous in Kannada
ಕೂಡಲೇ ಸಂಭವಿಸುವ, ಆ ಗಳಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲೇ ನಡೆಯುವ, ಕ್ಷಣಮಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗುವ, ಕ್ಷಣಾರ್ಧದ
instantaneous in Tagalog
iglapin
instantaneous in Malay
seketika

Examples of instantaneous in a sentence

  • The colour now rushed into Elizabeth's cheeks in the instantaneous conviction of its being a letter from the nephew, instead of the aunt; [...]1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]...
  • It's the principle of the pneumatic instantaneous shutter for a camera lens.1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright...
  • The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London...
  • He said that the bullet went through her head, severed her spine and death would have been almost instantaneous.2007 May 30, “Spector jury given graphic account of actress ‘murder’”, in The Times, London, retrieved 13 Jul 2007:

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Origin of instantaneous

Derived from New Latin īnstāntāneus, from Latin īnstantem. From New Latin īnstāntāneus, from Latin īnstantem.

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Questions about instantaneous

What does instantaneous mean?
Instantaneous means occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time.
What is instantaneous in Hindi?
Instantaneous in Hindi is तात्क्षणिक (tātkṣaṇik). See Instantaneous meaning in Hindi.
How do you use instantaneous in a sentence?
The colour now rushed into Elizabeth's cheeks in the instantaneous conviction of its being a letter from the nephew, instead of the aunt; [...]
What part of speech is instantaneous?
Instantaneous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce instantaneous?
Instantaneous is pronounced /ɪnstənˈteɪni.əs/.

Words near instantaneous in the dictionary

  1. instant-messages
  2. instant-messaging
  3. instant-runoff voting
  4. instantaneities
  5. instantaneity
  6. instantaneous
  7. instantaneous velocities
  8. instantaneous velocity
  9. instantaneously
  10. instantaneousness
  11. instanter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instantaneous (page history and authors); तात्क्षणिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); instantaneous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instantaneous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Instantaneous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instantaneous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instantaneous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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