instantaneous
/ɪnstənˈteɪni.əs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time.
Example Sentences
- "This instantaneous motion is supposed by you, to be infinitely swift."
- "However, no lovers in romance ever cemented a more inſtantaneous friendſhip."
- "The colour now rushed into Elizabeth's cheeks in the instantaneous conviction of its being a letter from the nephew, instead of the aunt; [...]"
- "I walk always with my right hand closed round the india-rubber ball which I have in my trouser pocket. The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my pocket. It's the principle of the pneumatic instantaneous shutter for a camera lens."
- "The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol of instantaneous time."
- "He said that the bullet went through her head, severed her spine and death would have been almost instantaneous."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *énu Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin īnstō Latin īnstantem New Latin īnstāntāneusder. English instantaneous Derived from New Latin īnstāntāneus, from Latin īnstantem. From New Latin īnstāntāneus, from Latin īnstantem.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: īnstāntāneus, instans