Definition of moment

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Moment (n.) An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance..

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Momentum :: Momentum (n.) Essential element, or constituent element..
Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment..
Article :: Article (n.) Precise point of time; moment.
Now :: Now (adv.) At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now..
Impulse :: Impulse (n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will..
Moment :: Moment (n.) A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment..
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..
Matter :: Matter (n.) Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show..
Extempore :: Extempore (adv.) Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore..
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view..
Immomentous :: Immomentous (a.) Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant.
Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
Scheme :: Scheme (n.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..
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..
Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment..
Throw :: Throw (n.) Time; while; space of time; moment; trice.
Moment :: Moment (n.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
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