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mom
noun
an
informal
word
for
one
’
s
mother
,
a
female
parent
•
I
called
my
mom
to
tell
her
the
good
news
.
I
called
my
mom
to
tell
her
the
good
news
.
•
My
mom
makes
the
best
spaghetti
in
the
world
.
My
mom
makes
the
best
spaghetti
in
the
world
.
Shortened
and
altered
form
of
mother
,
first
recorded
in
American
English
in
the
late
19th
century
.
interjection
used
to
call
or
get
the
attention
of
one
’
s
mother
•
Mom
!
I
can
’
t
find
my
shoes
!
Mom
!
I
can
’
t
find
my
shoes
!
•
From
the
backyard
,
he
yelled
, “
Mom
!
The
ball
went
over
the
fence
!”
From
the
backyard
,
he
yelled
, “
Mom
!
The
ball
went
over
the
fence
!”
Interjectional
use
of
the
noun
mom
as
a
vocative
cry
,
attested
since
the
early
20th
century
.
moment
noun
a
very
short
period
of
time
•
"
Just
a
moment
,
please
,"
the
receptionist
said
while
checking
the
schedule
.
"
Just
a
moment
,
please
,"
the
receptionist
said
while
checking
the
schedule
.
•
The
puppy
sat
still
for
only
a
moment
before
darting
off
again
.
The
puppy
sat
still
for
only
a
moment
before
darting
off
again
.
From
Middle
English
moment
,
from
Old
French
moment
,
from
Latin
momentum
meaning
‘
movement
,
short
time
’.
noun
a
particular
point
in
time
,
especially
when
something
happens
or
is
experienced
•
Winning
the
award
was
the
proudest
moment
of
her
life
.
Winning
the
award
was
the
proudest
moment
of
her
life
.
•
I
remember
the
moment
the
power
came
back
after
the
storm
.
I
remember
the
moment
the
power
came
back
after
the
storm
.
noun
the
turning
effect
produced
by
a
force
acting
at
a
distance
from
a
pivot
•
The
engineer
calculated
the
bending
moment
on
the
bridge
beam
.
The
engineer
calculated
the
bending
moment
on
the
bridge
beam
.
•
Increasing
the
wrench
length
increases
the
moment
applied
to
the
bolt
.
Increasing
the
wrench
length
increases
the
moment
applied
to
the
bolt
.
noun
in
mathematics
and
statistics
,
a
quantity
found
by
multiplying
each
value
by
a
power
of
its
distance
from
a
point
,
used
to
describe
a
distribution
•
The
second
moment
about
the
mean
equals
the
variance
of
the
data
.
The
second
moment
about
the
mean
equals
the
variance
of
the
data
.
•
Higher-order
moments
reveal
the
skewness
and
kurtosis
of
a
distribution
.
Higher-order
moments
reveal
the
skewness
and
kurtosis
of
a
distribution
.
