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instantaneous

[in-stuhn-tey-nee-uhs] / ˌɪn stənˈteɪ ni əs /


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Telegraphy was nearly instantaneous, but it required skilled operators at each end of the line to encode and decode the message, effectively slowing transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

This marks the first time scientists have directly measured the instantaneous energy of black hole jets rather than relying on long-term averages.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

“Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous: literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics and history.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

"Imagine a humanoid educator named Plato. Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Remarkably, the phenomenon was proved in 1997 when physicists at the University of Geneva sent photons seven miles in opposite directions and demonstrated that interfering with one provoked an instantaneous response in the other.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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