moment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a particular point in time

   The moment they arrived the party began.

2. 2
   noun

   an indefinitely short time

   wait just a moment

3. 3
   noun

   A particular point, or relatively small region.

   ...over everything there lay a deposit of heavy white dust, which was only blown off one moment to thicken on another.

4. 4
   noun

   A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.

5. 5
   noun

   Weight or importance.

   In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.

   woman moment

8. 8
   noun

   The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.

   She’s got a point. She’s an icon, she is a legend, and she is the moment. Now, come on, now. You got to give it up to Kim.

Etymology

From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.