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ALL meanings of moment

mo·ment
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  • noun moment point in time 1
  • noun moment present 1
  • noun moment short period of time 1
  • noun moment importance 1
  • noun moment time of excellence 1
  • noun moment A very brief period of time. 1
  • noun moment an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment. 1
  • noun moment the present time or any other particular time (usually preceded by the): He is busy at the moment. 1
  • noun moment a definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture: at this moment in history. 1
  • noun moment importance or consequence: a decision of great moment. 1
  • noun moment a particular time or period of success, excellence, fame, etc.: His big moment came in the final game. 1
  • noun moment Statistics. the mean or expected value of the product formed by multiplying together a set of one or more variates or variables each to a specified power. 1
  • noun moment Philosophy. an aspect of a thing. Obsolete. an essential or constituent factor. 1
  • noun moment Mechanics. a tendency to produce motion, especially about an axis. the product of a physical quantity and its directed distance from an axis: moment of area; moment of mass. 1
  • noun moment a short indefinite period of time 0
  • noun moment a specific instant or point in time 0
  • noun moment import, significance, or value 0
  • noun moment a tendency to produce motion, esp rotation about a point or axis 0
  • noun moment the product of a physical quantity, such as force or mass, and its distance from a fixed reference point 0
  • noun moment the mean of a specified power of the deviations of all the values of a variable in its frequency distribution. The power of the deviations indicates the order of the moment and the deviations may be from the origin (giving a moment about the origin) or from the mean (giving a moment about the mean) 0
  • noun moment an indefinitely brief period of time; instant 0
  • noun moment a definite point in time or in a series of events 0
  • noun moment a brief time of being important or outstanding 0
  • noun moment importance; consequence 0
  • noun moment the product of some physical quantity and its distance from the origin of coordinates or an axis, as a torque 0
  • noun moment any constituent element of a complex entity or process 0
  • noun moment A moment is the ability of a force to turn, twist, or bend. It is equal to the force multiplied by the distance from the center of twisting, turning, or bending. 0
  • countable noun moment You can refer to a very short period of time, for example a few seconds, as a moment or moments. 0
  • countable noun moment A particular moment is the point in time at which something happens. 0
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