Momentary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Momentary \Mo"men*ta*ry\, a. [L. momentarius. See {Moment}.]
     Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very
     short time; as, a momentary pang.
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           This momentary joy breeds months of pain. --Shak.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  momentary
       adj : lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance";
             "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of
             things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn:
              {fleeting}, {fugitive}, {momentaneous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "momentary":
     annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, brief, brittle,
     capricious, catamenial, centenary, centennial, changeable,
     corruptible, daily, decennial, deciduous, diurnal, dying,
     ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting,
     fly-by-night, flying, fortnightly, fragile, frail, fugacious,
     fugitive, hasty, hebdomadal, hourly, immediate, impermanent,
     impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, instant, instantaneous,
     insubstantial, lightning-like, menstrual, momentaneous, momently,
     monthly, mortal, mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, passing,
     perishable, presto, quarterly, quick, quick as lightning,
     quick as thought, quotidian, secular, semestral, semiannual,
     semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, short, short-lived, temporal,
     temporary, tertian, transient, transitive, transitory, triennial,
     undurable, unenduring, unstable, volatile, weekly, yearly