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momentaneous

momentaneous adjective: of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that takes place at a specific point in time.

Adjective

momentaneous (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that takes place at a specific point in time.
  2. (archaic) momentary
    • Lightning is a great flame, very bright, extending every way to a great distance, suddenly darting upwards, there ending, so that it is only momentaneous.1827, John Claridge, The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience

Origin of momentaneous

From Latin mōmentāneus. Compare French momentané. Doublet of momentane.

Words formed from momentaneous

Questions about momentaneous

What does momentaneous mean?
Momentaneous means of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that takes place at a specific point in time.
What part of speech is momentaneous?
Momentaneous is an adjective.

Words near momentaneous in the dictionary

  1. momentally
  2. momentane
  3. momentaneal
  4. momentaneall
  5. momentaneity
  6. momentaneous
  7. momentaneously
  8. momentaneousness
  9. momentanity
  10. momentany
  11. momentarily

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