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instant

infinitesimal moment in time, moment whose passage is instantaneous
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Summary

instant is a BFO class[1]. instant draws 353 Wikipedia views per month (bfo class category, ranking #1,831 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: zero-dimensional temporal region[3]
  • Opposite of: eternity[4]
  • Equivalent class: http://www.w3.org/2006/time#Instant[5], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000203[6], http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/time#TimeInstant[7], http://onto.fel.cvut.cz/ontologies/ufo/time-point[8]
  • Different from: incremental search[9], Ann[10], point in time[11]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Ontology[12]

Why It Matters

instant has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] instant is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Time Ontology in OWL. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Basic Formal Ontology. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Q141247525. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Unified Foundational Ontology. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). instant. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/instant
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_instant_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{instant}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/instant}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → BFO class
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nds', 'ps', 'pt', 'th',
    Sitelink count → 29
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Ontology
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://onto.fel.cvut.cz/ontologies/ufo/time-point"
  2. 27d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.w3.org/2006/time#Instant, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000203, http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/time#TimeInstant +1
    Proofwiki id → Definition:Instant_of_Time
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Proofwiki id: Definition:Instant_of_Time, Moving from point in time"
  3. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → zero-dimensional temporal region
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: zero-dimensional temporal region"
  4. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C5100
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C5100, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  5. 8w ago · Mullanur · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → incremental search, Ann, point in time
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → eternity
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Opposite of: eternity"
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