instant.html - See: FOR EXAMPLE or FOR INSTANCE.

instant.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 an example or illustration of (just another instance of his lack of determination).
2 a particular case (that's not true in this instance).
3 Law a legal suit.

--v.

tr. cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an instance.

at the instance of at the request or suggestion of. court of first instance Law a court of primary jurisdiction. for instance as an example. in the first (or second etc.) instance in the first (or second etc.) place; at the first (or second etc.) stage of a proceeding. [ME f. OF f. L instantia (as INSTANT)]

instant.html - n.
1 urgency.
2 pressing nature. [L instantia: see INSTANCE]

instant.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 occurring immediately (gives an instant result).
2 a (of food etc.) ready for immediate use, with little or no preparation. b prepared hastily and with little effort (I have no instant solution).
3 urgent; pressing.
4 Commerce of the current month (the 6th instant).
5 archaic of the present moment.

--n.

1 a precise moment of time, esp. the present (come here this instant; went that instant; told you the instant I heard).
2 a short space of time (was there in an instant; not an instant too soon).

instant replay the immediate repetition of part of a filmed sports event, often in slow motion. [ME f. F f. L instare instant- be present, press upon (as IN-(2), stare stand)]

instant.html - adj.
1 occurring or done in an instant or instantly.
2 Physics existing at a particular instant.

instantaneity n. instantaneously adv. instantaneousness n. [med.L instantaneus f. L instans (as INSTANT) after eccl.L momentaneus]

instant.html - adv.
archaic or joc. immediately; at once. [L f. instans (as INSTANT)]