Found 2 hits - Term: instantaneousness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
instantaneous \in`stanta"neous\, a. cf. f. instantan'e.
1913 webster
1. done or occurring in an instant, or without any
perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of
electricity appears to be instantaneous.
1913 webster
his reason saw
with instantaneous view, the truth of things.
--thomson.
1913 webster
2. at or during a given instant; as, instantaneous
acceleration, velocity, etc.
1913 webster
instantaneous center of rotation kinematics, in a plane
or in a plane figure which has motions both of translation
and of rotation in the plane, is the point which for the
instant is at rest.
instantaneous axis of rotation kinematics, in a body
which has motions both of translation and rotation, is a
line, which is supposed to be rigidly united with the
body, and which for the instant is at rest. the motion of
the body is for the instant simply that of rotation about
the instantaneous axis. -- in`stanta"neously, adv. --
in`stanta"neousness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
instantaneous center of rotation instantaneous axis of rotation in`stanta"neously in`stanta"neousness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
instantaneousness
n : the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of
their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
syn: immediacy, immediateness, instancy
see also:
immediacy immediateness instancy
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