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Noun instant has 2 senses
- blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
--1 is a kind of moment, minute, second, bit
- moment, minute, second, instant - a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
--2 is a kind of point, point in time
--2 has particulars:
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