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INSTANTANEOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instantaneousness mean? 

INSTANTANEOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun INSTANTANEOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quickness of action or occurrenceplay

  Familiarity information: INSTANTANEOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INSTANTANEOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quickness of action or occurrence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

immediacy; immediateness; instancy; instantaneousness

Context example:

the instancy of modern communication

Hypernyms ("instantaneousness" is a kind of...):

celerity; quickness; rapidity; rapidness; speediness (a rate that is rapid)

Derivation:

instantaneous (occurring with no delay)


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