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Meaning of MOMENTANEOUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
 
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 Synonyms: fleeting, fugitive, momentary, short
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mo`men*ta"ne*ous\, Momentany \Mo"men*ta*ny\, a.
[L. momentaneus: cf. F. momentan['e].]
Momentary. [Obs.] --Hooker. ``Momentany as a sound.'' --Shak.
 

 

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