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moment

mo·ment

UK/ˈməʊmənt/ US/ˈmoʊmənt/ very common informal

noun

1.

a particular point in time

  • “the moment he arrived the party began”
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2.

an indefinitely short time

  • “wait just a moment”
  • “it only takes a minute”
  • “in just a bit”
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3.

at this time

  • “the disappointments of the here and now”
  • “she is studying at the moment”
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4.

having important effects or influence

  • “decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself”
  • “virtue is of more moment that security”
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5.

the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces

6.

the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

Origin

From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.

Phrases

  • aha moment
  • aha! moment
  • any moment now
  • at a moment's notice
  • at any given moment
  • at the last moment
  • at the moment
  • at this moment in time

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