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Instantaneous

Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Instant 92% connected

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

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Breath noun · 78% connection

A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.

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Crack noun · 78% connection

A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.

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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Dipleidoscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism,…

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Dynamo-electric adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents b…

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Electric noun · 78% connection

A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

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Electrical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an elec…

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Electrician noun · 78% connection

An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.

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Electrify verb · 78% connection

To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

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Electro- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as…

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Electro-magnetism noun · 78% connection

The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic elec…

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Electro-motion noun · 78% connection

The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electr…

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Electrode noun · 78% connection

The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductor…

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Electrometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument whi…

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Electromotor noun · 78% connection

A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.

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Electroscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity pre…

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Eternity noun · 78% connection

Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

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Everlastingness noun · 78% connection

The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.

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