momentaneous
adjective
mo·men·ta·ne·ous
¦mōmən‧¦tānēəs
1
: momentary sense 1a
the rapid momentaneous association of things which meet and pass
D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence2
archaic : instantaneous
in which momentaneous explosion of the whole quantity all the force consists William Clarke
William Clarke3
of an aspect or form of a verb : of, relating to, or characterizing action begun and terminated in an instant
momentaneously adverb
momentaneousness noun
plural -es
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin momentaneus, from Latin momentum moment + -aneus (as in subterraneus subterranean)