Definition of momento
1. moment [ n ] a particular point in time
Examples:
"the moment he arrived the party began"
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
Each high note had the crowd in ecstasy so that it stopped the show midway in the `` Mad_Scene '' , but the real reason was a realization of the extraordinary performance unfolding at the moment .
(The Providence Journal...)
Miss_Stuart is as intensely vibrant as one could wish , almost an icy shriek threatening to explode at any moment .
(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)
Wherefore , as they became forfeit to death , from that [ moment ] they were handed_over to it '' .
(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)
At that moment Kipling was overwhelmed with awed amazement , suddenly recalling that these identical details of scene , action and word had occurred to him in a dream six weeks earlier .
This theory makes it possible for any event throughout eternity to be continuously available at any moment to consciousness .
Synonyms moment instant minute second Related Terms point time climax pinpoint eleventh_hour moment_of_truth moment_of_truth psychological_moment2. moment [ n ] an indefinitely short time
Examples:
"wait just a moment"
"it only takes a minute"
"in just a bit"
(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)
I will reserve discussion of_it for a moment , however , to return to President_Kennedy .
(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)
For a moment he thought_of going_into Crosson 's office to explain that he had to leave , but there was now such a pain in his chest , such a pounding in his head , that he decided to let it go .
And he knew in that moment , with a cold sinking of despair , a dying of old hopes , that Mae had spread some kind of word there among the neighbors .
(Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)
Because , if for no other reason , Willings would never for a moment suppose he was not bigger , tougher , than anything else that went on two legs .
(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)
Gun held his breath a moment , pushing the volume and pitch of his voice down under the trapdoor in his throat .
Synonyms moment minute second bit Related Terms time blink_of_an_eye3. moment [ n ] at this time
Examples:
"the disappointments of the here and now"
"she is studying at the moment"
(Sports Age, 24:9...)
The number depends_on who is talking at the moment .
Synonyms here_and_now moment present_moment Related Terms present4. moment [ n ] having important effects or influence
Examples:
"decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"
"virtue is of more moment that security"
5. moment [ n ] the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces
Synonyms moment Related Terms force dipole_moment couple6. moment [ n ] the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
Synonyms moment Related Terms statistic second_moment variance statisticsSimilar Spelling
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