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| 1. | an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment. |
| 2. | the present time or any other particular time (usually prec. by the): 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. |
| 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.
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| 8. | Mechanics.
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mo·ment (mō'mənt) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mōmentum, from *movimentum; see momentum.] Synonyms: These nouns denote a brief interval of time. A moment is an indeterminately short but significant period: I'll be with you in a moment. |
moment
In addition to the idiom beginning with moment, also see at this point (moment); every minute (moment) counts; for the moment; have one's moments; just a minute (moment); live for the moment; never a dull moment; not for a moment; of the moment; on the spur of the moment; weak moment.