Definition of moment

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Moment (n.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis..

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Sand :: Sand (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life..
Cycloscope :: Cycloscope (n.) A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine..
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view..
Transient :: Transient (a.) Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape..
Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment..
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.
Impetus :: Impetus (n.) A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
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..
Article :: Article (n.) Precise point of time; moment.
Wink :: Wink (n.) The act of closing, or closing and opening, the eyelids quickly; hence, the time necessary for such an act; a moment..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight..
Situation :: Situation (n.) Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene..
Improvise :: Improvise (v. t.) To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone..
Momentaneous :: Momentaneous (a.) Alt. of Momentan.
Import :: Import (v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..
When :: When (adv.) At what time; at, during, or after the time that; at or just after, the moment that; -- used relatively..
Significancy :: Significancy (n.) Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
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..
Dip :: Dip (n.) The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
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