instantaneous

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  1. adjective Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous.
  2. adjective Done or made as quickly or directly as possible: an instantaneous reply to my letter.
  3. adjective Present or occurring at a specific instant: instantaneous velocity; instantaneous pressure.

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  • People with cable or satellite TV service are used to near-instantaneous, flawless video content, which is difficult to stream reliably over a packet-switched network. —  Techdirt
  • "It becomes a word-of-mouth network that is kind of instantaneous," he said. —  PC World
  • His return to the road is instantaneous, his feet a speedy blur. —  All articles at Blogcritics
  • The instantaneous, abbreviated nature of the medium makes this a tough act to pull off; you'll usually just come off sounding credulous and reactionary. —  Manifest Density
  • With DroboPro expansion is automatic and instantaneous, and
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Medieval Latin īnstantāneus, from Latin īnstāns, īnstant-, present; see instant.

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  1. from Middle Latin *instantaneus, instantaneous, from Latin instan(t-)s, instant: see instant and -aneous. Cf. momentaneous, contemporaneous, etc.
 

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