Definition of instance

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Instance (n.) The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief..
Laconism :: Laconism (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.
Hypnocyst :: Hypnocyst (n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts..
Instance :: Instance (v. t.) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact..
Singular :: Singular (n.) An individual instance; a particular.
Neology :: Neology (n.) The introduction of a new word, or of words or significations, into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology..
Purpose :: Purpose (n.) Instance; example.
Latex :: Latex (n.) A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation..
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty..
Relation :: Relation (n.) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun.
Pietra Dura :: Pietra dura () Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble..
Example :: Example (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples..
Case :: Case (n.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury..
Trade :: Trade (v. i.) To buy and sell or exchange property in a single instance.
Sporadical :: Sporadic (a.) Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower..
Instance :: Instance (n.) The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Instance :: Instance (n.) That which is instant or urgent; motive.
Instance :: Instance (n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
Pattern :: Pattern (n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos
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