Both Uses of
instantaneous
in
A Man Named Dave
- Clutching the telephone, I recalled Mother's instantaneous change of attitude whenever Grandmother dropped by.†
p. 123.1 *instantaneous = immediate (happening with no delay)
- When a member of my squadron asked if I wanted a boy or a girl, my instantaneous response was "A healthy child with ten fingers and ten toes."†
p. 201.4
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".