moment
See also: Moment
Contents
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum.
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.
- Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- 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. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- 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.
- Weight or importance.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:
- 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.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:
- (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
- (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- (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.
SynonymsEdit
- (brief span of time): stound, instant, trice
- (physics): moment of force
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from moment
- aha moment
- any moment now
- at a moment's notice
- at the moment
- at this moment in time
- blonde moment
- branding moment
- dipole moment
- driveway moment
- eureka moment
- London moment
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
very brief period of time
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moment in time
moment of force
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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 glory for the last years of the 18th Century and the first ones of the 19th.
- […] el català, malgrat tot, viu un moment de glòria efímera durant els darrers anys del segle XVIII i primers del XIX.
CzechEdit
NounEdit
moment m
- moment (specific instant or time)
Related termsEdit
- See motiv
Further readingEdit
- moment in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- moment in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)
- moment (very brief period of time)
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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
FriulianEdit
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.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moment m inan
- (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
DeclensionEdit
declension of moment
Further readingEdit
- moment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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 |