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Moment

ˈməʊm(ə)nt

Moment definitions

noun

Inflections:

moment moments

a very brief period of time

"she was silent for a moment before replying"

Synonyms:
little while short time bit minute second instant split second
- an exact point in time
  
  "she would always remember the moment they met"
- an appropriate time for doing something; an opportunity
  
  "I was waiting for the right moment to tell him"
- a particular stage in the development of something or in a course of events
  
  "one of the great moments in aviation history"
importance

"the issues were of little moment to the electorate"

Synonyms:
importance import significance consequence substance note mark prominence value weight concern interest gravity seriousness
a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance on an object
- the magnitude of a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance, expressed as the product of the force and the distance from its line of action to a given point
a quantity that expresses the average or expected value of the first, second, third, or fourth power of the deviation of each component of a frequency distribution from a given value, typically mean or zero. The first moment is the mean, the second moment the variance, the third moment the skew, and the fourth moment the kurtosis