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   mo·ment

   /ˈmōm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a very brief period of time: "she was silent for a moment before replying" Similar little whileshort timebitminutesecondinstantsplit secondinformal:secnanosecondjiffyjifftickmotwo ticks
   • ▪ an exact point in time: "she would always remember the moment they met" Similar point in timepointtimehourjuncturestage
   • ▪ an appropriate time for doing something; an opportunity: "I was waiting for the right moment"
   • ▪ a particular stage in something's development or in a course of events: "one of the great moments in aviation history" Similar point in timepointtimehourjuncturestage
   • 2. importance: formal "the issues were of little moment to the electorate" Similar importanceimportsignificanceconsequencesubstancenotemarkprominencevalueweightconcerninterestgravityseriousness
   • 3. a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance on an object.
   • ▪ the magnitude of a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance, expressed as the product of the force and the distance from its line of action to a given point.
   • 4. 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.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin momentum (see momentum).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word moment, from a brief period of time to a measure of tendency to produce motion. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of moment.

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   Moment definition: an indefinitely short period of time; instant. See examples of MOMENT used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of the word 'moment' in different contexts. Find out how 'moment' can refer to a short period of time, a point in time, importance, or a physical quantity.

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   A moment is a particular point in time. Some moments you remember forever: like the moment you earned your driver's license or the moment you learned that you passed your organic chemistry class. A moment is a short, but unspecified, amount of time.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and examples of the word moment in English. Find out how to use moment as a noun, an adverb, a preposition or an idiom in different contexts and topics.

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   Moment can mean a brief interval of time, a specific point in time, a period of importance or significance, or a tendency to produce motion. See different meanings, synonyms, and usage examples of moment in various contexts.