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moment

[ moh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. an indefinitely short period of time; instant:

    I'll be with you in a moment.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. Usually the moment. the present time or any other particular time:

    He is busy at the moment.

  3. a definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture:

    at this moment in history.

  4. importance or consequence:

    a decision of great moment.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  5. a particular time or period of success, excellence, fame, etc.:

    His big moment came in the final game.

  6. Statistics. the mean or expected value of the product formed by multiplying together a set of one or more variates or variables each to a specified power.
  7. Philosophy.
    1. an aspect of a thing.
    2. Obsolete. an essential or constituent factor.
  8. Mechanics.
    1. a tendency to produce motion, especially about an axis.
    2. the product of a physical quantity and its directed distance from an axis:

      moment of area; moment of mass.



moment

/ 藞尘蓹蕣尘蓹苍迟 /

noun

  1. a short indefinite period of time

    he'll be here in a moment

  2. a specific instant or point in time

    at that moment the doorbell rang

  3. the moment
    the present point of time

    at the moment it's fine

  4. import, significance, or value

    a man of moment

  5. physics
    1. a tendency to produce motion, esp rotation about a point or axis
    2. the product of a physical quantity, such as force or mass, and its distance from a fixed reference point See also moment of inertia
  6. statistics 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 )
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of moment1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English, Middle French, from Latin 尘艒尘别苍迟耻尘 鈥渕otion, cause of motion,鈥 hence, 鈥渋nfluence, importance, essential factor, moment of time,鈥 from movimentum (unattested), equivalent to 尘艒- (variant stem of the verb 尘辞惫脓谤别 move ) + -mentum -ment
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of moment1

C14: from Old French, from Latin 尘艒尘别苍迟耻尘, from 尘辞惫脓谤别 to move
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And 2008 was kind of the crisis moment at which those lines crossed and the system became unable to regulate itself.

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The Scottish musician shared a moment on social media this week where she broke down after hearing her new song on BBC Radio 2.

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Rodrigues' lawyers said that she did not enter any buildings during the riots and acted impulsively in the "heat of the moment."

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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