moment
1. a particular point in time (Freq. 86)
- the moment he arrived the party began
• Syn:
minute, second, instant
• Derivationally related forms:
instantaneous (for: instant)
• Hypernyms:
point, point in time
• Hyponyms:
climax, culmination, eleventh hour, last minute, moment of truth,
pinpoint, time, psychological moment
2. an indefinitely short time (Freq. 73)
- wait just a moment
- in a mo
- it only takes a minute
- in just a bit
• Syn:
mo, minute, second, bit
• Derivationally related forms:
momentary, momentaneous
• Usage Domain:
Britain (for: mo)
• Hypernyms:
time
• Hyponyms:
blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy,
split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
3. at this time (Freq. 1)
- the disappointments of the here and now
- she is studying at the moment
• Syn:
here and now, present moment
• Hypernyms:
present, nowadays
4. having important effects or influence (Freq. 1)
- decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself
- virtue is of more moment than security
- that result is of no consequence
• Syn:
consequence, import
• Ant:
inconsequence (for: consequence)
• Derivationally related forms:
momentous, consequential (for: consequence)
• Hypernyms:
significance
• Hyponyms:
matter, hell to pay
5. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
• Hypernyms:
force
• Hyponyms:
moment of inertia, moment of a couple, dipole moment
6. the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
• Topics:
statistics
• Hypernyms:
statistic
• Hyponyms:
second moment, variance
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