moment
moment Lexical Profile
moment Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A very brief, indefinite period of time; an instant.
"She paused for a brief moment to gather her thoughts before answering the question."
An exact point in time, or a specific stage or occasion in a course of events.
"Graduating from university was a defining moment in his academic career."
In physics and mechanics, a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance on an object, or the product of a physical quantity and its distance from a fixed reference point or axis.
"The engineers calculated the bending moment along the steel beam to ensure structural stability."
Importance, significance, or consequence (used especially in formal contexts).
"The committee gathered to deliberate on matters of great moment for the organization."
• Rhymes for moment
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English via Old French from Latin momentum ('movement, moving power, brief space of time'), a contraction of *movimentum, from the verb movere ('to move'). The physics sense preserves the original Latin notion of moving force or weight tipping a balance.