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moment
noun
a
very
short
period
of
time
β’
"
Just
a
moment
,
please
,"
the
receptionist
said
while
checking
the
schedule
.
"
Just
a
moment
,
please
,"
the
receptionist
said
while
checking
the
schedule
.
β’
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
β
movement
,
short
time
β.
noun
a
particular
point
in
time
,
especially
when
something
happens
or
is
experienced
β’
Winning
the
award
was
the
proudest
moment
of
her
life
.
Winning
the
award
was
the
proudest
moment
of
her
life
.
β’
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
β’
The
engineer
calculated
the
bending
moment
on
the
bridge
beam
.
The
engineer
calculated
the
bending
moment
on
the
bridge
beam
.
β’
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
β’
The
second
moment
about
the
mean
equals
the
variance
of
the
data
.
The
second
moment
about
the
mean
equals
the
variance
of
the
data
.
β’
Higher-order
moments
reveal
the
skewness
and
kurtosis
of
a
distribution
.
Higher-order
moments
reveal
the
skewness
and
kurtosis
of
a
distribution
.
momentum
noun
-
momentum
,
momenta
,
none
The
energy
or
force
that
keeps
an
event
,
idea
,
or
process
developing
or
moving
forward
.
β’
After
the
surprise
victory
,
the
team
gained
enough
momentum
to
win
the
championship
.
After
the
surprise
victory
,
the
team
gained
enough
momentum
to
win
the
championship
.
β’
The
charity
campaign
gathered
momentum
as
more
people
shared
it
online
.
The
charity
campaign
gathered
momentum
as
more
people
shared
it
online
.
Originally
a
scientific
term
,
the
figurative
sense
of
"
momentum
"
was
first
recorded
in
the
early
19th
century
to
describe
growing
political
or
social
movements
.
noun
-
momentum
,
momenta
,
none
In
physics
,
the
quantity
of
motion
of
a
moving
object
,
equal
to
its
mass
multiplied
by
its
velocity
.
β’
In
space
,
a
satellite
will
keep
its
momentum
unless
acted
upon
by
another
force
.
In
space
,
a
satellite
will
keep
its
momentum
unless
acted
upon
by
another
force
.
β’
The
billiard
ball
lost
momentum
after
striking
the
cushion
and
rolled
to
a
gentle
stop
.
The
billiard
ball
lost
momentum
after
striking
the
cushion
and
rolled
to
a
gentle
stop
.
From
Latin
β
movΔre
β
meaning
β
to
move
,β
through
the
Medieval
Latin
phrase
β
quantitas
motus
β (
quantity
of
motion
),
later
shortened
to
β
momentum
β
in
scientific
English
.
