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| 1. | [ noun ] a particular point in time | |
| Synonyms: | instant minute second | |
| Examples: | "the moment he arrived the party began" |
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| Related terms: | point time climax pinpoint eleventh_hour moment_of_truth moment_of_truth psychological_moment | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an indefinitely short time | |
| Synonyms: | minute second bit | |
| Examples: | "wait just a moment" "it only takes a minute" "in just a bit" |
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| Related terms: | time blink_of_an_eye | |
| 3. | [ noun ] at this time | |
| Synonyms: | here_and_now present_moment | |
| Examples: | "the disappointments of the here and now" "she is studying at the moment" |
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| Related terms: | present | |
| 4. | [ noun ] having important effects or influence | |
| Synonyms: | consequence import | |
| Examples: | "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself" "virtue is of more moment that security" |
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| Related terms: | inconsequence significance hell_to_pay matter | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (physics) the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces | |
| Related terms: | force dipole_moment couple | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (mathematics,statistics) the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value | |
| Related terms: | statistic second_moment variance statistics | |
| Similar spelling: |
momentum momently momentous momentary memento |
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