moment

Plural: moments

Noun

• A very brief period of time; a precise point in time.
• a particular point in time
  • "the moment he arrived the party began"
• an indefinitely short time
  • "wait just a moment"
• at this time
  • "she is studying at the moment"
• having important effects or influence
  • "virtue is of more moment than security"
• a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
• the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
• A particular point, or relatively small region.
• A particular point of space; a spot.
• A particular point, or relatively small region.
• A particular point of time; an instant.
• A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• Weight or importance.
• Ellipsis of moment of force.
• A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
• A petit mal episode; such a spell.
• A fit; a brief tantrum.
• An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
• A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
• An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
• The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.

Examples

• He seized the crucial moment to play his seven-letter word.
• If the points represent mass, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.
• Reddit moment
• She’s got a point. She’s an icon, she is a legend, and she is the moment. Now, come on, now. You got to give it up to Kim.
• Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
• woman moment

Synonyms

bit, consequence, here and now, import, instant, minute, mo, present moment, second, New York minute, New York second, bat of an eye, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, jiff, jiffy, jot, juncture, moment, no time, occasion, point, point in time, sec, sith, span, split-second, spot, spurt, stound, tick, time, torque, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while

Antonyms

inconsequence, aeon, age, blue moon, eon, forever

Related Words

Planck time, ephemeral, in two shakes, temporarily, torque, transience