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Definitions for Moment

[1] an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
[2] the present time or any other particular time (usually preceded by the ): He is busy at the moment.
[3] a definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture: at this moment in history.
[4] importance or consequence: a decision of great moment.
[5] a particular time or period of success, excellence, fame, etc.: His big moment came in the final game.
[6] 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.
[7] Philosophy . an aspect of a thing. Obsolete . an essential or constituent factor.
[8] 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.
[9] a short indefinite period of time he'll be here in a moment
[10] a specific instant or point in time at that moment the doorbell rang
[11] the moment the present point of time at the moment it's fine
[12] import, significance, or value a man of moment
[13] physics a tendency to produce motion, esp rotation about a point or axis the product of a physical quantity, such as force or mass, and its distance from a fixed reference point See also moment of inertia
[14] statistics 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 )

Words related to Moment

point, flash, juncture, time, date, occasion, bit, minute, stage, hour, note, breathing, instant, wink, crack, twinkle, while, twinkling, jiffy, second

Words nearby Moment

mom-and-pop, mom-in-law, momaday, mombasa, mome, moment, moment of inertia, moment of sail, moment of truth, momentarily, momentary

Origin of Moment

1300–50; Middle English < Latin mōmentum motion, cause of motion, hence, influence, importance, essential factor, moment of time, equivalent to mō- (variant stem of movēre to move) + -mentum -ment

Word origin for Moment

C14: from Old French, from Latin mōmentum, from movēre to move

Synonyms for Moment

bit, date, flash, hour, juncture, minute, occasion, point, stage, time, breathing, crack, instant, jiffy, sec, second, shake, tick, trice, twinkle, twinkling, while, wink, jiff, no time, nothing flat, point in time, split second, three winks