Definition of "moment" []

• A brief, indefinite interval of time. (noun)
• A specific point in time, especially the present time: He is not here at the moment. (noun)
• A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments: a great moment in history; waiting for her big moment. (noun)
• Outstanding significance or value; importance: a discovery of great moment. (noun)
• A brief period of time that is characterized by a quality, such as excellence, suitability, or distinction: a lackluster performance that nevertheless had its moments. (noun)
• A short indefinite period of time (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• A specific instant or point in time (noun)
• Import, significance, or value (noun)
• A tendency to produce motion, esp rotation about a point or axis (noun)
• The product of a physical quantity, such as force or mass, and its distance from a fixed reference point (noun)
• 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) (noun)

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