Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - moment
Moment
moment
n. 1 a very brief portion of time; an instant. 2 a short period of time (wait a moment) (see also MINUTE(1)). 3 an exact or particular point of time (at last the moment arrived; I came the moment you called). 4 importance (of no great moment). 5 Physics & Mech. etc. a the turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance on an object. b this effect expressed as the product of the force and the distance from its line of action to a point. Phrases and idioms at the moment at this time; now. in a moment 1 very soon. 2 instantly. man (or woman etc.) of the moment the one of importance at the time in question. moment of inertia Physics the quantity by which the angular acceleration of a body must be multiplied to give corresponding torque. moment of truth a time of crisis or test (orig. the final sword-thrust in a bullfight). not for a (or one) moment never; not at all. this moment immediately; at once (come here this moment). Etymology: ME f. OF f. L momentum: see MOMENTUM
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~um movement, particle sufficient to turn the scales, ~, from movēre to move Date: 14th century 1. a minute portion or point of time ; instant, a comparatively brief period of time, 2. present time , a time of excellence or conspicuousness , importance in influence or effect , a cause or motive of action, a stage in historical or logical development, 6. tendency or measure of tendency to produce motion especially about a point or axis, the product of quantity (as a force) and the distance to a particular axis or point, 7. the mean of the nth powers of the deviations of the observed values in a set of statistical data from a fixed value, the expected value of a power of the deviation of a random variable from a fixed value, see: importance ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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