All 4 Uses of
instantaneous
in
Anna Karenina
- "On the contrary, I think it's the easiest—instantaneous," observed another.†
Part 1 *instantaneous = immediate (happening with no delay)
- Stepan Arkadyevitch smiled hardly perceptibly, catching the instantaneous change he knew so well in Levin's face, which had become as gloomy as it had been bright a minute before.†
Part 2
- The expression of her face instantaneously changed.†
Part 4instantaneously = immediately (happening with no delay)
- The flash of lightning, the crash of thunder, and the instantaneous chill that ran through him were all merged for Levin in one sense of terror.†
Part 8instantaneous = immediate (happening with no delay)
Definitions:
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(1)
(instantaneous) immediate (happening instantly with no delay)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In physics, instantaneous can mean at a specific instant (an unmeasurably short time period) -- such as "instantaneous velocity".