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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 instantaneously
 (ad.)即時地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·stan·ta·ne·ous a.
 1. Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.
 His reason saw
 With instantaneous view, the truth of things.   --Thomson.
 2. At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc.
 Instantaneous center of rotation Kinematics, in a plane or in a plane figure which has motions both of translation and of rotation in the plane, is the point which for the instant is at rest.
 Instantaneous axis of rotation Kinematics, in a body which has motions both of translation and rotation, is a line, which is supposed to be rigidly united with the body, and which for the instant is at rest. The motion of the body is for the instant simply that of rotation about the instantaneous axis.
 -- In*stan*ta*ne*ous*ly, adv. -- In*stan*ta*ne*ous*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 instantaneously
      adv : without any delay; "he was killed outright" [syn: outright,
             instantly, in a flash]