Lightning is nearly instantaneous.
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Instantaneous
//ɪnstənˈteɪni.əs//
Synonyms for "instantaneous" (53 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (26)
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2 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- վայրկենական adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- րոպեական adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Bulgarian
2 entries- моментен adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- незабавен adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Catalan
1 entries- instantani adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Esperanto
1 entries- tuja adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Finnish
4 entries- hetkellinen adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- silmänräpäyksellinen adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- välitön adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- äkillinen adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
French
1 entries- instantané adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
German
2 entries- augenblicklich adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- unverzüglich adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Hungarian
4 entries- azonnali adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- mozzanatos adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- pillanatnyi adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- pontszerű adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Ido
1 entries- instantala adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Irish
1 entries- láithreach adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Italian
1 entries- istantaneo adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Malay
1 entries- seketika adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Polish
2 entries- chwilowy adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- momentalny adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Portuguese
1 entries- instantâneo adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Romanian
2 entries- instantaneu adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- momentan adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Russian
2 entries- мгнове́нный adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- момента́льный adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Spanish
1 entries- instantáneo adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Swedish
2 entries- omedelbar adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
- ögonblicklig adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Tagalog
1 entries- iglapin adj (occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
His death was instantaneous.
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Your car's speedometer tells you the car's instantaneous speed, not its average speed.
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The relief is instantaneous.
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