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English[]

Most common English words: cannot « father « nor « #226: moment » however » enough » quite

Etymology[]

From Old French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation[]

  • (RP) IPA: /'məʊmənt/, SAMPA: /"m@Um@nt/
  • (GenAm) IPA: /'moʊmənt/, SAMPA: /"moUm@nt/
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  • Hyphenation: mo‧ment

Noun[]

Singular
Moment

Plural
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Moment ({{{1}}})

  1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
    Wait up a moment, while I lock the front door.
  2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
  3. Weight or importance.
    • 1597, Wm. Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:
      In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.
    • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Second Stain’ (Norton 2005, p.1192)
      The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.
  4. Template:Physics The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
  5. Template:Historical A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
  6. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
  7. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

Synonyms[]

  • (physics): moment of force

Derived terms[]

  • at a moment's notice
  • at the moment
  • at this moment in time
  • blonde moment
  • branding moment
  • dipole moment
  • driveway moment
  • eureka moment
  • London moment
  • magnetic moment
  • moist moment
  • momentarily
  • momentary
  • moment of force
  • moment of inertia
  • moment of silence
  • moment of truth
  • on the spur of the moment
  • polar moment of inertia
  • second moment of area
  • second moment of inertia
  • senior moment
  • seismic moment
  • single-minded branding moment
  • spur-of-the-moment
  • spur of the moment
  • tumbleweed moment

Related terms[]

Wikipedia

  • torque

References[]

  • 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)

Translations[]

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Anagrams[]

  • emmnot,
  • montem

Catalan[]

Etymology[]

Latin momentum

Noun[]

Moment m. (plural Moments)

  1. moment (specific instant or time)
    Template:... el català, malgrat tot, viu un moment de glòria efímera durant els darrers anys del segle XVIII i primers del XIX.
    Catalan, in spite of everything, had a moment of glory for the last years of the 18th Century and the first ones of the 19th.

Dutch[]

Etymology[]

Latin momentum

Pronunciation[]

Noun[]

Moment n. (plural Momenten, diminutive Momentje, diminutive plural Momentjes)

  1. moment (very brief period of time)

French[]

Etymology[]

From Latin momentum

Pronunciation[]

Noun[]

Moment m. (plural Moments)

  1. moment (short period of time)
  2. a while
    Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while

Derived terms[]

  • pour le moment
  • au moment où

See also[]

  • instant

Romanian[]

Etymology[]

Latin momentum

Pronunciation[]

Noun[]

Moment n. (plural momente)

  1. moment [Clarification of this translation from Romanian is requested]

Declension[]

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