Definition of instant

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Instant (a.) A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment..

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Instant :: Instant (a.) Present; current.
Immediate :: Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
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..
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..
Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.
Instance :: Instance (n.) That which is instant or urgent; motive.
Promt :: Promt (superl.) Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons..
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash..
Bilocation :: Bilocation (n.) Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.
Lead :: Lead (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke..
Immediately :: Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
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..
Trice :: Trice (n.) A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.
Foothot :: Foothot (adv.) Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot.
Flash :: Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
Instantaneity :: Instantaneity (n.) Quality of being instantaneous.
Impact :: Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
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..
Eupryion :: Eupryion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match..
Breath :: Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant..
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