Definition of moment

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Moment (n.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

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Article :: Article (n.) Precise point of time; moment.
Instant :: Instant (a.) A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment..
Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment..
Moment :: Moment (n.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis..
Consequence :: Consequence (n.) Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.
Cycloscope :: Cycloscope (n.) A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine..
Nonagesimal :: Nonagesimal (n.) The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight..
Inch :: Inch (n.) A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment..
Momently :: Momently (adv.) In a moment; every moment; momentarily.
Momentous :: Momentous (a.) Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs..
Minute :: Minute (n.) A point of time; a moment.
Grave :: Grave (superl.) Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc..
Suspensive :: Suspension (n.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation..
Impulsion :: Impulsion (n.) The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse..
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Momentums :: Momentums (pl. ) of Momentu.
Momentum :: Momentum (n.) Essential element, or constituent element..
Nativity :: Nativity (n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope..
Counterturn :: Counterturn (n.) The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties..
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