Definition of instant

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Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

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Point :: Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge..
Dipleidoscope :: Dipleidoscope (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..
Translation :: Translation (n.) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
Urgent :: Urgent (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important..
Immediate :: Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
Autochronograph :: Autochronograph (n.) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.
Eupryion :: Eupryion (n.) A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match..
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash..
Instant :: Instant (a.) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
Moment :: Moment (n.) A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment..
Run :: Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
Offhand :: Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses..
Coinstantaneous :: Coinstantaneous (a.) Happening at the same instant.
Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.
Instantaneous :: Instantaneous (a.) At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal..
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