Definition of instant

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Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

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Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..
Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.
Roll :: Roll (n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal..
Instantaneous :: Instantaneous (a.) Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous..
File :: File (n.) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant..
Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..
Instant :: Instant (a.) A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment..
Instance :: Instance (n.) The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Switzer :: Swithe (adv.) Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.
Point :: Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge..
Glissette :: Glissette (n.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant..
Offhand :: Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses..
Element :: Element (n.) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former..
Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy..
Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
Instantaneity :: Instantaneity (n.) Quality of being instantaneous.
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..
Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.
Instant :: Instant (a.) Present; current.
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