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Definition
lasting a short time
- If you show people pictures of a smiling face or a frowning face, they'll smile or frown back, although perhaps only in muscular changes so fleeting that they can only be captured with electronic sensors.Chapter 2 (92% in)
- And finally, if you yawned as you read this, did the thought cross your mind — however unconsciously and fleetingly — that you might be tired?Introduction (62% in)
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