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Instant

1. A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment. There is scarce an instant between their flourishing and their not being. (Hooker)

2. A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. E, the current month. See instant.

Synonym: moment, flash, second.

Origin: f. Instant, fr. L. Instans standing by, being near, present. See instant.


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RNA from feathers

oops, sorry about that. That thing they have from both pubmed and google scholar gets me instant access to full text of every paper, that's why I use that. I usually remember to give the proper link, but that one slipped. Sorry

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by MrMistery
Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:11 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: RNA from feathers
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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

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by gamila
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Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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by Alberts
Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:50 am
 
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Topic: Entropy
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Re: Yet another question on endergonic reactions

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by jonmoulton
Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:38 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
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