Meaning of eyewink | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instant, a short moment.
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2. The winking of an eye.

Examples

“As to age, Bead could not form any clear impression; he might have been twenty, or forty. All of this visual perception occurred in an eyewink of time […]”

“It vanished out of sight with exceeding speed; Rapid it was; A burst of brilliance which lasted less than an eyewink.”

“Dogs were conditioned to give an eyewink to light by pairing a light and a puff of air to the cornea.”

“Simply by observing the antecedents to the movement, we can tell, for example, whether an eyewink has occurred voluntarily […]”

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