instantaneity

Noun

Meaning

Quality of being instantaneous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

immediately instantly insistence haste immediacy rapidity simultaneity punctuality quickness promptness urgency swiftness exigency celerity imminence
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Antonyms

delay slowness lateness

Examples

Descartes maintained his confidence in the instantaneity of light. ... Yet in his derivation of the law of refraction, Descartes reasoned that light travelled faster in a dense medium than in one less dense. He seems to have had no qualms about comparing infinite magnitudes! Carl B. Boyer

Descartes maintained his confidence in the instantaneity of light. ...Yet in his derivation of the law of refraction, Descartes reasoned that light traveled faster in a dense medium than in one less dense. He seems to have had no qualms about comparing infinite magnitudes! René Descartes

Close letter words and terms

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