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Definition of Instantaneousness
1. Noun. The quickness of action or occurrence. "The instancy of modern communication"
Generic synonyms: Celerity, Quickness, Rapidity, Rapidness, Speediness
Derivative terms: Immediate, Immediate, Immediate, Instant, Instantaneous
Definition of Instantaneousness
1. Noun. condition of being instantaneous ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Instantaneousness
Literary usage of Instantaneousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Mental Philosophy, Embracing the Two Departments of the by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1856)
"instantaneousness of the decisions of taste. There is one distinctive peculiarity
in the ... The instantaneousness of operation which has been mention ed is ..."
2. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1862)
"If the poison of the viper destroy life with great instantaneousness, this is
conclusive against absorption, and is exactly allied in principle to the fatal ..."
3. Elements of Mental Philosophy by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1847)
"instantaneousness of the decisions of taste. There is one distinctive peculiarity
in the ... The instantaneousness of operation which has been mentioned is ..."