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coinstantaneous, a.|kəʊɪnstənˈteɪniːəs| [see co- 2.] Occurring, taking place, or existing at the same instant; exactly simultaneous.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 503 His acting and His complete knowledge of the manner most expedient to be followed in acting are co-instantaneous. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. v. 188 Which of these is first we cannot say, for they seem co-instantaneous. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. i. xxi. (1860) 166 A pun, and its recognitory laugh, must be co-instantaneous. 1860Patmore Angel in H. iii. Faithful for Ever 228 A blinding flash, And close, co-instantaneous crash. Hence coinstantaˈneity, coinstanˈtaneously adv., coinstanˈtaneousness.
1807Southey Espriella's Lett. (1814) III. 127 Coinstantaneously. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 251 They started up..like men out of an ambush..so co-instantaneously did they all obey the summons. 1818― Lit. Rem. (1847) I. 222 The co-instantaneity of the plan and the execution. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. ix. (1873) 202 Sometimes all moved together coinstantaneously. 1848Hampden Bampt. Lect. (ed. 3) 124 Notions of..priority and posteriority, co-instantaneousness, consecutiveness. |