immediate vs on the verge

immediate

adj
  • An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified). 

  • Manifestly true; requiring no argument. 

  • Very close; direct or adjacent. 

  • Happening right away, instantly, with no delay. 

  • Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location). 

  • Used to denote that a transmission is urgent. 

on the verge

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