moment
See also: Moment
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊmənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊmənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧ment
NounEdit
moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
- Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
- 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
- The smallest portion of time; an instant.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
- (figurative) Weight or importance.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene vii], line 67:
- In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.
- 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain, (Norton 2005, p.1192)
- The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.
- 1941 May, “Notes and News: William Stroudley”, in Railway Magazine, page 234:
- As to any suggestion that Stroudley's engines were not free-running at high speed, this was of little moment with 60 m.p.h. laid down as the limit at that time.
- (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
- Synonym: torque
- (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
- (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
- (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
- 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.
- (Internet slang, derogatory) (As in "X moment") An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
- woman moment
- Reddit moment
Derived termsEdit
- aha moment
- any moment now
- at a moment's notice
- at the moment
- at this moment in time
- blonde moment
- branding moment
- by the moment
- dipole moment
- driveway moment
- eureka moment
- from this moment on
- light-bulb moment
- London moment
- magnetic moment
- moist moment
- moment of force
- moment of inertia
- moment of silence
- moment of truth
- momentary
- momentful
- momentless
- momently
- momentous
- momentously
- momentousness
- never a dull moment
- on the spur of the moment
- polar moment of inertia
- Portillo moment
- pseudomoment
- psychological moment
- second moment of area
- second moment of inertia
- seismic moment
- senior moment
- single-minded branding moment
- spur of the moment
- spur-of-the-moment
- tumbleweed moment
TranslationsEdit
very brief period of time
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moment in time
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moment of force
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)
Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment m (plural moments)
- moment (specific instant or time)
- […] el català, malgrat tot, viu un moment de glòria efímera durant els darrers anys del segle XVIII i primers del XIX.
- Catalan, in spite of everything, had a moment of ephemeral glory in the last years of the 18th century and the first ones of the 19th.
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “moment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “moment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “moment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “moment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment m
- moment (specific instant or time)
Related termsEdit
- See motiv
Further readingEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)
- moment (very brief period of time)
- Synonym: ogenblik
- (physics) moment of force, moment
- Synonym: krachtmoment
Derived termsEdit
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment m (plural moments)
- moment (point in time)
- moment (short period of time)
- a while
- Ça fait un moment que je l'attends
- I've been waiting for him for a while
- (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “moment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
moment m (plural moments)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin momentum, from movere.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment n (definite singular momentet, indefinite plural moment, definite plural momenta)
- element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance
- Det er mange moment som spelar inn her.
- There are many variables at play here.
- (physics) moment of force
ReferencesEdit
- “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
OccitanEdit
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PronunciationEdit
Audio (Béarn) (file)
NounEdit
moment m (plural moments)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment m inan (diminutive momencik)
- (physics) moment
- moment bezwładności ― moment of inertia
- moment gnący / moment zginający ― bending moment
- moment pędu ― angular momentum, moment of momentum
- moment siły ― moment of force
- moment skręcający ― twisting moment
- moment (short period of time)
- Synonym: chwila
DeclensionEdit
Declension of moment
Derived termsEdit
adjective
adverb
InterjectionEdit
moment
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French moment, from Latin momentum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment n (plural momente)
- moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of moment
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) moment | momentul | (niște) momente | momentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) moment | momentului | (unor) momente | momentelor |
vocative | momentule | momentelor |
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
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SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
moment n
- a step in a process
- Nästa moment blir att föra in stavarna i kärnreaktorn
- The next step will be to insert the rods into the nuclear reactor
- ett kritiskt moment
- a critical step
- an independent part of some (abstract) whole; an element, a factor
- (physics) moment
DeclensionEdit
Declension of moment | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | moment | momentet | moment | momenten |
Genitive | moments | momentets | moments | momentens |