"instantaneous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnstənˈteɪni.əs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-instantaneous.wav
Rhymes: -eɪniəs Etymology: From New Latin īnstāntāneus, from Latin īnstantem. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|īnstāntāneus}} New Latin īnstāntāneus, {{der|en|la|instans|īnstantem}} Latin īnstantem Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} instantaneous (not comparable)
  1. Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: immediate, instant, instantaneous, flash [US, slang], immediate, instant, insta-, instantaneous, present [obsolete] Hyponyms: fast-acting, presentaneous [obsolete], sudden Derived forms: instantaneity, instantaneously, instantaneous velocity, super-instantaneous Related terms: immediately, urgent Translations (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time): վայրկենական (vayrkenakan) (Armenian), րոպեական (ropeakan) (Armenian), моментен (momenten) (Bulgarian), незабавен (nezabaven) (Bulgarian), instantani (Catalan), välitön (Finnish), silmänräpäyksellinen (Finnish), äkillinen (Finnish), hetkellinen (Finnish), instantané (French), augenblicklich (German), unverzüglich (German), pillanatnyi (Hungarian), azonnali (Hungarian), pontszerű (note: as a technical term) (Hungarian), mozzanatos (Hungarian), instantala (Ido), láithreach (Irish), istantaneo (Italian), seketika (Malay), momentalny (Polish), chwilowy (Polish), instantâneo (Portuguese), instantaneu [masculine] (Romanian), momentan [masculine] (Romanian), мгнове́нный (mgnovénnyj) (Russian), момента́льный (momentálʹnyj) (Russian), instantáneo (Spanish), omedelbar (Swedish), ögonblicklig (Swedish), iglapin (Tagalog)
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          "ref": "2007 May 30, “Spector jury given graphic account of actress ‘murder’”, in The Times, London, retrieved 2007-07-13:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Occurring",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "arising",
          "arise"
        ],
        [
          "functioning",
          "function#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "delay",
          "delay#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "imperceptibly",
          "imperceptibly"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "immediate"
        },
        {
          "word": "instant"
        },
        {
          "word": "instantaneous"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    {
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instantaneous",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "flash"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instantaneous",
      "word": "immediate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instantaneous",
      "word": "instant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instantaneous",
      "word": "insta-"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instantaneous",
      "word": "instantaneous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:instantaneous",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "present"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vayrkenakan",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "վայրկենական"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ropeakan",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "րոպեական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "momenten",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "моментен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezabaven",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "незабавен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "instantani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "välitön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "silmänräpäyksellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "äkillinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "hetkellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "instantané"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "augenblicklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "unverzüglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "pillanatnyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "azonnali"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "as a technical term",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "pontszerű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "mozzanatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "instantala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "láithreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "istantaneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "seketika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "momentalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "chwilowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "instantâneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "instantaneu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "momentan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mgnovénnyj",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "мгнове́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "momentálʹnyj",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "момента́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "instantáneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "omedelbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "ögonblicklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time",
      "word": "iglapin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "instantaneous"
}

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