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instantaneousness

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in·stan·ta·ne·ous  (nstn-tn-s)
adj.
1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous.
2. Done or made as quickly or directly as possible: an instantaneous reply to my letter.
3. Present or occurring at a specific instant: instantaneous velocity; instantaneous pressure.

[From Medieval Latin nstantneus, from Latin nstns, nstant-, present; see instant.]

in·stanta·nei·ty (n-stnt-n-t, nstn-) n.
instan·tane·ous·ly adv.
instan·tane·ous·ness n.
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Noun1.instantaneousness - the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness - a rate that is rapid

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Nor could it guess the toughness of the fiber of the flesh, the instantaneousness of the cell explosions of the muscles, the fineness of the nerves that wired every part of him into a spendid fighting mechanism.
 
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