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Definition of Momentariness
1. n. The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.
Definition of Momentariness
1. Noun. The property of being momentary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Momentariness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Momentariness
Literary usage of Momentariness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naturalism in English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1920)
"The original inspiration has, with Tennyson, been altered and re-altered till it
has lost the charm and the power of momentariness. ..."
2. The Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha: Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu by Mādhava, Edward Byles Cowell, Archibald Edward Gouch (1908)
"15], was your favourite " momentariness " proved by this very proof or by some
other ? It could not be the former, because your alleged momentariness is not ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"momentariness. Bp. Hall, Character of Man. ... momentariness (mô'men-tâ-ri-nes), ».
The state of being momentary. momentary (mo'men-ta-ri), a. [< LL. ..."
4. Syntax of Early Latin by Charles Edwin Bennett (1910)
"I have said that the momentariness of the action was the chief factor in the
artistic effect produced by the historical present. ..."
5. Essays in Experimental Logic by John Dewey (1916)
"He can hardly be guilty, then, in the immediate context, of proceeding to identify
the momentariness of the event with the momentariness of the object. ..."
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