Definition of moments in English

Wiktionary

moments (Noun)
Plural of moment.

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moments, noun, plural of moment.

WordNet

Noun Plural: moments
moment - a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
		minute, second, instant
		point in time, point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
		culmination, climax (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
		eleventh hour, last minute the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"
		moment of truth a crucial moment on which much depends
		moment of truth a crucial moment on which much depends
		pinpoint the sharp point of a pin
		time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
moment - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
		mo, minute, second, bit
		time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
		britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
moment - the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
		statistic a datum that can be represented numerically
		statistics a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
		second moment the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin
moment - a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
		force physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
		moment of inertia the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration
		moment of a couple given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them
moment - having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
		consequence, import
		inconsequence having no important effects or influence
		significance the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
		matter that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
moment - at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
		here and now, present moment

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Wiktionary

moment (Noun)
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
moment (Noun)
The smallest portion of time; an instant.
moment (Noun)
Weight or importance.
moment (Noun)
The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force .
moment (Noun)
A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
moment (Noun)
A petit mal episode; such a spell.
moment (Noun)
A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

moment (n.)
A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.
moment (n.)
Impulsive power; force; momentum.
moment (n.)
Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
moment (n.)
An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
moment (n.)
An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
moment (n.)
Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

moment
A short, indeterminate amount of time.

Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡

moment
When a force is applied so as to tend to produce rotation around a point, the product of the force by the shortest distance from the point of rotation to the extension of the line of the force. Such distance is the perpendicular to the extension of the line through the point of rotation.

Wikipedia

physics
In physics, the moment of force (often just moment) means the magnitude of force that influences the rotation of an object.

In this concept the moment arm, the distance from the axis of rotation, plays an important role. The lever, pulley, gear, and most other simple machines create mechanical advantage by changing the moment arm. The SI unit for moment is the newton meter (Nm).

History of moment.

The principle of moments is derived from Archimedes' discovery of the operating principle of the lever. In the lever one applies a force, in his day most often human muscle, to an "arm", a beam of some sort. Archimedes noted that the amount of force applied to the object, the "moment of force", is defined as "M = rF", where "F" is the applied force, and "r" is the distance from the applied force to object.