The Only Use of
instantaneous
in
The Giver
- There was always a daub of anesthetic ointment, or a pill; or in severe instances, an injection that brought complete and instantaneous deliverance.
p. 109.8instantaneous = immediate (happening with no delay)
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(instantaneous) immediate (happening instantly with no delay)
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(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".