Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-STANT-A'NE-OUS
IN-STAN-TA-NE'I-TYIN-STANT-A'NE-OUS-LY
IN-STANT-A'NE-OUS, a. [Fr. instantané; Sp. and It. instantaneo.]
Done in an instant; occurring or acting without any perceptible succession; very speedily. The passage of electricity through any given space appears to be instantaneous.
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