Moment — synonyms, definition

1. moment (Noun)

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moment (Noun) — A particular point in time. ex. "the moment he arrived the party began"

moment (Noun) — An indefinitely short time. ex. "wait just a moment"

moment (Noun) — At this time. ex. "she is studying at the moment" ex. "the disappointments of the present moment"

moment (Noun) — Having important effects or influence. ex. "virtue is of more moment than security"

moment (Noun) — A turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force).

moment (Noun) — (statistics) the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value.

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