Instantaneous
adjective
Happening or done immediately, without any delay.
In today's digital age, the delivery of information is almost instantaneous.
adjective
In physics, something happening at a single moment of time, very quick.
The instantaneous speed of an object is the speed at a particular moment in time.
Often appears as...
- instantaneous speed
- instantaneous acceleration
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Technical
adjective
In computing, something that happens very quickly or instantly.
The software offers instantaneous data transfer between devices.
Often appears as...
- instantaneous response
- instantaneous transfer
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Technical
adjective
Happening or done immediately, without any delay.
In today's digital age, the delivery of information is almost instantaneous.
adjective
In physics, something happening at a single moment of time, very quick.
The instantaneous speed of an object is the speed at a particular moment in time.
Often appears as...
- instantaneous speed
- instantaneous acceleration
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
In computing, something that happens very quickly or instantly.
The software offers instantaneous data transfer between devices.
Often appears as...
- instantaneous response
- instantaneous transfer
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2No Delay
Indicates an action occurs without waiting.
He sent an instantaneous reply to the email.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Speed
Can express surprise at how quickly something happens.
The instantaneous applause was overwhelming.
Pro Tip 1/2No Delay
Indicates an action occurs without waiting.
He sent an instantaneous reply to the email.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Speed
Can express surprise at how quickly something happens.
The instantaneous applause was overwhelming.
Pro Tip 1/2No Delay
Indicates an action occurs without waiting.
He sent an instantaneous reply to the email.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Speed
Can express surprise at how quickly something happens.
The instantaneous applause was overwhelming.
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What's invisible? More...
You probably think the electrons in an electric wire move instantaneously down a wire, don't you, at the speed of light, when you turn the light on, they don't. Electrons bumble down the wire, about the speed of spreading honey, they say. Galaxies -- hundred billion of them, estimated in the universe. Hundred billion.
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How does your smartphone...
you wouldn't accelerate in a linear fashion. Instead, you would instantaneously jump, or transition, from one speed to the next. For an atom, when a transition occurs from one energy level to another, quantum mechanics says that the energy difference is equal to a characteristic frequency,
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Andrew McAfee: Are...
and that kind of eat deeply into what we human beings do for a living. Let me give you a couple examples. Throughout all of history, if you wanted something translated from one language into another, you had to involve a human being. Now we have multi-language, instantaneous,
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The Secret World of...
if the noot survives the hazards of its early life it must overcome the limitation placed on it by its rigid exoskeleton in order to grow and this is achieved through a series of months once free of the old exoskeleton the nymph puts on an instantaneous growth spurt
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What does it take to...
has an answer films and television shows are being analyzed by legions of fans the world over now and in real time every single detail of a production is analyzing depths by amateurs and experts alike and the results are shared instantaneously let me show you just a
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Which is stronger: Glue...
Choosing the right glue to withstand the heat inside an engine is a matter of life and death. And though the strength of duct tape’s adhesive bonds can’t compete with those of epoxy glues, tape does have the advantage of instantaneous stickiness in an emergency.
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Will we ever be able to...
Einstein and his colleagues called this strange communcation spooky action at a distance. While it does seem that entanglement between two particles helps transfer a qubit instantaneously across the space between them, there's a catch.
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Wiring a web for global...
But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world. We now have the capacity to find common ground with people who we will never meet,
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How false news can...
And when this bias can be multiplied by billions of people around the world, nearly instantaneously, more caution is in order. Avoiding sensationalist media, searching for criticisms of suspicious information,
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Baby Octopuses Hunting PIPE...
while they're still in the egg three types of cells with neural control make color change almost instantaneous
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What's invisible? More...
You probably think the electrons in an electric wire move instantaneously down a wire, don't you, at the speed of light, when you turn the light on, they don't. Electrons bumble down the wire, about the speed of spreading honey, they say. Galaxies -- hundred billion of them, estimated in the universe. Hundred billion.
Video examples
How does your smartphone...
you wouldn't accelerate in a linear fashion. Instead, you would instantaneously jump, or transition, from one speed to the next. For an atom, when a transition occurs from one energy level to another, quantum mechanics says that the energy difference is equal to a characteristic frequency,
Video examples
Andrew McAfee: Are...
and that kind of eat deeply into what we human beings do for a living. Let me give you a couple examples. Throughout all of history, if you wanted something translated from one language into another, you had to involve a human being. Now we have multi-language, instantaneous,
Video examples
The Secret World of...
if the noot survives the hazards of its early life it must overcome the limitation placed on it by its rigid exoskeleton in order to grow and this is achieved through a series of months once free of the old exoskeleton the nymph puts on an instantaneous growth spurt
Video examples
What does it take to...
has an answer films and television shows are being analyzed by legions of fans the world over now and in real time every single detail of a production is analyzing depths by amateurs and experts alike and the results are shared instantaneously let me show you just a
Video examples
Which is stronger: Glue...
Choosing the right glue to withstand the heat inside an engine is a matter of life and death. And though the strength of duct tape’s adhesive bonds can’t compete with those of epoxy glues, tape does have the advantage of instantaneous stickiness in an emergency.
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Will we ever be able to...
Einstein and his colleagues called this strange communcation spooky action at a distance. While it does seem that entanglement between two particles helps transfer a qubit instantaneously across the space between them, there's a catch.
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Wiring a web for global...
But I think what's new is that we now have the capacity to communicate instantaneously across frontiers right across the world. We now have the capacity to find common ground with people who we will never meet,
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How false news can...
And when this bias can be multiplied by billions of people around the world, nearly instantaneously, more caution is in order. Avoiding sensationalist media, searching for criticisms of suspicious information,
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Baby Octopuses Hunting PIPE...
while they're still in the egg three types of cells with neural control make color change almost instantaneous
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George Saunders
American Writer
It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the strange, tiny, hard-to-articulate, instantaneous, unwilled things that actually go on in our minds in the course of a given day, or even a given moment.
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
I signed up for eHarmony once, and it took three hours to fill out that online form - so many personal questions. Then I clicked on submit, and instantaneously they responded and said, 'We are sorry, but there is no one any where in the world that is appropriate for you.' So that was it - I gave up.
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Marc Laidlaw
American Writer
The ideal engine of a 3-D game is an intricate and elegant construct of code that allows players to speed through solidly built virtual worlds. The engine allows every picture on a monitor to be drawn there quickly enough to convince hand and eye that it is instantaneous.
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John Hall
American Politician
More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic.
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Charles Durning
American Actor
I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.
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Tom Hanks
American Actor
My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.
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Marc Andreessen
American Businessman
And once you get instantaneous communication with everybody, you have economic activity that's far more advanced, far more liquid, far more distributed than ever before.
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Marina and the Diamonds
Welsh Musician
I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about bands I love.
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Hungarian Scientist
Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.
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David Walton
American Actor
Chemistry's a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.
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George Saunders
American Writer
It seems to me a worthy goal: try to create a representation of consciousness that's durable and truthful, i.e., that accounts, somewhat, for all the strange, tiny, hard-to-articulate, instantaneous, unwilled things that actually go on in our minds in the course of a given day, or even a given moment.
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Rivers Cuomo
American Musician
I signed up for eHarmony once, and it took three hours to fill out that online form - so many personal questions. Then I clicked on submit, and instantaneously they responded and said, 'We are sorry, but there is no one any where in the world that is appropriate for you.' So that was it - I gave up.
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Marc Laidlaw
American Writer
The ideal engine of a 3-D game is an intricate and elegant construct of code that allows players to speed through solidly built virtual worlds. The engine allows every picture on a monitor to be drawn there quickly enough to convince hand and eye that it is instantaneous.
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John Hall
American Politician
More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic.
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Charles Durning
American Actor
I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.
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Tom Hanks
American Actor
My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.
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Marc Andreessen
American Businessman
And once you get instantaneous communication with everybody, you have economic activity that's far more advanced, far more liquid, far more distributed than ever before.
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Marina and the Diamonds
Welsh Musician
I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about bands I love.
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Hungarian Scientist
Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.
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David Walton
American Actor
Chemistry's a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.
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