in a tricemainly UKinformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Short in time
abbreviated
at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom
awhile
be short noticeidiom
bite-sized
blink
bout
brief
dose
in small dosesidiom
in the blink of an eyeidiom
jiffy
mayfly
micro-moment
minute
snatched
split second
transient
transiently
trice

instant | American Dictionary

instant
noun[ Cusually sing ]
us/ˈɪn·stənt/
a very short moment of time, or a particular point in time:
At that instant, someone knocked on the door.
Call me the instant you get home (= as soon as you get to your home).
instant
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈɪn·stənt/
happening immediately:
I took an instant liking to him.
An instant food or drink is one, usually in dried or powdered form, that can be prepared easily and quickly, esp. by adding hot water:
instant coffee

instant | Business English

instant
adjective
uk /ˈɪnstənt/us
happening immediately, without any delay:
This type of bank account gives you instant access to your money.
Following a need for instant results, more health care providers are starting to offer online access.

Examples of instant

instant
Figure 4 shows the mass density from the second simulation at six instants.
Figure 9 shows the magnetic field lines at the six instants.
Figure 1 shows the mass density at six instants.
Figure 8 shows the mass density at eight instants during the penetration.
The two types of walks propagate at somewhat different speeds, as evidenced by the different time instants at which they have the same width.
Time instants are (a) 30t and (b) 50t.
On the other hand, time-triggered systems are not so flexible because communication takes place at pre-defined instants only.
Besides the optimal control is sensitive with respect to the switching instants and, consequently, to the parameter values.
Vertical lines on all graphs show the phase transition instants.
Perhaps the sample instants are in the centres of the gradations, but that would still lead to a different answer from the one shown.
Here are the elementary things: pitches, time instants, levels of intensity.
The score consists of control structures which allow events to be scheduled at instants in time or over time intervals.
Figure 3 shows the characteristic photographic images of the rupture process of the separating membrane for different instants of time.
Figure 3 shows the characteristic photographic images of the separating membrane destruction process at different instants of time.
However, there is also a requirement to support sporadic/aperiodic communications whose transmission instants cannot be determined a priori.
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