moment (ˈməʊmənt
)
Definitions
noun
- a short indefinite period of time ⇒
he'll be here in a moment
- a specific instant or point in time ⇒
at that moment the doorbell rang
- See the moment
- import, significance, or value ⇒
a man of moment
- physics
- a tendency to produce motion, esp rotation about a point or axis
- the product of a physical quantity, such as force or mass, and its distance from a fixed reference point See also moment of inertia
- 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)
Word Origin
C14: from Old French, from Latin mōmentum, from movēre to moveSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
instant,
second,
minute,
flash,
shake,
tick,
no time
twinkling,
split second,
jiffy,
trice,
two shakes two shakes of a lamb's tail bat of an eye
=
importance,
concern,
value,
worth,
weight,
import,
consequence,
substance,
significance,
gravity,
seriousness,
weightiness,
Quotations
"in the twinkling of an eye"
Bible: I Corinthians
Translations
- British English:
moment
A moment is a very short period of time.She stared at him a moment, then turned away.ˈməʊmənt NOUN She stared at him a moment, then turned away.
- Spanish:
momento
nm
- French:
moment
nm
- German:
Augenblick
nm
- Chinese: 瞬间 n
- Arabic: لَـحْظَةٌ n
- Portuguese: momento nm
- Russian: момент nm
- Croatian: trenutak nm
- Czech: moment nm
- Danish: øjeblik nnt
- Dutch: moment nnt
- Finnish: hetki n
- Greek: στιγμή nf
- Italian: momento nm
- Japanese: 瞬間 n
- Korean: 순간 n
- Norwegian: øyeblikk nnt
- Polish: chwila nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: momento nm
- European Spanish:
momento
nm
- Swedish: stund nutr
- Thai: ชั่วขณะ n
- Turkish: an n
- Vietnamese: chốc lát n
Usage examples
For a moment it was balanced there, teetering on the edge like a giant golf ball, stiff with rigor mortis.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)The whole national grid must be throbbing brightly enough at the moment to alert even the most myopic extra-terrestrials floating by Earth.
Country Life (2004)This moment , plus news of Leverkusen leading in La Coruna, did nothing for Arsenal's nerves.
Irish Times (2002)At the moment that is music, which crosses over both frequencies, along with a mixture of speech radio.
Glasgow Herald (2001)At the most terrifying moment of her young life they failed her.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)