Both Uses of
instantaneous
in
Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
- The pain is blinding and instantaneous.†
Chpt 8 *instantaneous = immediate (happening with no delay)
- But the effect on Finnick is instantaneous.†
Chpt 24
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".