Instants synonyms

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flashes
Instantaneous illumination for photography:
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winks
A gleam or twinkle.
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trices
A very short time; an instant; a moment; - now used only in the phrase in a trice.
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jiffies
(Computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values.
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heartbeats
(Computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
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seconds
A unit of time equal to1 /60 of a minute. &diamf3; A sidereal second is1 /60 of a sidereal minute, and a mean solar second is1 /60 of a mean solar minute.
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minutes
A unit of time equal to1 /60 of an hour or 60 seconds. &diamf3; A sidereal minute is1 /60 of a sidereal hour, and a mean solar minute is1 /60 of a mean solar hour.
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moments
(Historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
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points
A specific moment in time:
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junctures
A point of time
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fasts
A day or period of fasting
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breaths
A single act of breathing.
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ticks
(Computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
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twinkles
The very brief time it takes to wink; twinkling
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eternities (antonym)
A long period of time that seems endless
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times (related)
A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes:
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Instants Sentence Examples

  • A pair of contact springs are slowly shifted over so as to close the circuit at successive assigned instants during a complete phase.

  • In the instants when a sharp image of the photosphere is seen or photographed, it shows a granulated appearance like white flakes strewed fairly evenly upon a dark ground.

  • The instants of contact between the limbs of the sun and planet defied precise determination.

  • A few instants after the echo of the reports resounding over the stone- built Kremlin had died away the French heard a strange sound above their head.

  • 2940, Dr Repsold proposed a method of meridian observing which consists in causing a web to follow the image of a star in transit by motions communicated by the observer's hands alone, whilst electrical contacts on the drum of the micrometer screw register on the chronograph the instants corresponding to known intervals from the line of collimation.

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