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Noun
/ˈmōmənt/,
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moments, plural;
  1. A very brief period of time
    • - she was silent for a moment before replying
    • - a few moments later he returned to the office
  2. An exact point in time
    • - she would always remember the moment they met
  3. An appropriate time for doing something; an opportunity
    • - I was waiting for the right moment
  4. A particular stage in something's development or in a course of events
    • - one of the great moments in aviation history
  5. Importance
    • - the issues were of little moment to the electorate
  6. A turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance on an object

  7. The magnitude of such an effect, expressed as the product of the force and the distance from its line of action to a given point

  8. A quantity that expresses the average or expected value of the first, second, third, or fourth power of the deviation of each component of a frequency distribution from some given value, typically mean or zero. The first moment is the mean, the second moment the variance, the third moment the skew, and the fourth moment the kurtosis


  1. a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
  2. an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
  3. here and now: at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
  4. consequence: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
  5. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
  6. the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
  7. Conviction is the name of Aiden's third studio album which was released August 21st, 2007 . It is the first of their releases to carry a Parental Advisory sticker although it is not the first to contain profanity. ...
  8. Moment is Japanese J-pop girlband, Speed's greatest hits album following their first album, Starting Over and second album, Rise. This album was released on December 16, 1998. It contains the singles all of their singles from the first and second album and more.
  9. Moment is an American Jewish magazine. It publishes articles related to Jewish culture, lifestyle, politics, and religion. Moment is not affiliated with any Jewish organization or religious movement, and its articles and columnists represent a diverse range of political views.
  10. In mathematics, moment is, loosely speaking, a quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points. ...
  11. In physics, the term "moment" can refer to many different concepts: *Moment of force (often just moment) is the tendency of a force to twist or rotate an object; see the article torque for details. This is an important, basic concept in engineering and physics. ...
  12. A moment is a medieval unit of time equal to 1.5 minutes or 1/40 of an hour . In modern English it usually refers to "a short period of time" but doesn't specifically say how short.
  13. A brief, unspecified amount of time; The smallest portion of time; an instant; Weight or importance; The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. ...
  14. (MOMENTS) photographers seek to capture the natural and candid events of history. Their quest to capture “moments” comes from the famous French documentary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and his consistent ability to capture decisive moments in time without disrupting a particular situation.
  15. (Moments) (Saint-Marcoux). 1977. Sop, fl, viola, violoncello. Québec-Musique 1981. RCI 525/5-ACM 18 (R. Landry)
  16. A mid-range Samsung phone that has data lock-up and is forgotten about by everyone except sdx-developers. (definition via @chibucks)
  17. The tendency of a force to cause rotation about a point or axis.
  18. Force times distance (torque).
  19. A force attempting to produce motion around an axis.
  20. A force that produces rotation of a member and commensurate bending stresses.
  21. A product of the distance from the spring axis to the point of load application, and the force component normal to the distance line.
  22. A measure of the energy released in an earthquake determined by strength of the fault and the area and amount of slip.
  23. Piece of activity focusing on changing the range or layout of one category in all stores
  24. A magnetic dipole. Moments will align with a uniform field due to the torque exerted but will experience a force in a field gradient.
  25. The moment is the time when all the tasks associated with a transaction have completed. A feature's creation, deletion or update date is set to the transaction's moment.