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| mo·ment [ mṓmənt ] (plural mo·ments) |
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1. short time: a very short interval of time
  Wait a moment.
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2. particular instant: a particular instant in time
At that moment she walked in the door.
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3. present: the present time
busy at the moment
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4. significant period: an important or significant time or occasion
great moments in world history
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5. short period of excellence: a brief period of excellence or interest
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often used in the plural
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It's not a great opera, but it has its moments.
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6. importance: special importance or significance
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formal
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a decision of great moment
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7. philosophy specific stage: a specific stage or aspect of something
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8. philosophy
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dated
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Same as momentum (sense 4)
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9. physics tendency to produce rotation: a tendency to cause motion, especially rotation
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10. physics product of force times distance: the product of a quantity such as a force multiplied by its perpendicular distance from a given point
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11. statistics mean in frequency distribution: the expected value of the deviations of a variable, compared to a fixed value, raised to a given power
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin momentum "movement" < movere "to move"] |
