mo·ment /ˈmoʊmənt/
1. a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
synset: moment, minute, second, instant
2. an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
synset: moment, mo, minute, second, bit
3. at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
synset: here_and_now, present_moment, moment
4. having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
synset: consequence, import, moment
5. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
synset: 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
synset: moment
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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