MOMENT

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : consequence , import

• (noun) the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

• (noun) a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

• (noun) at this time

  "the disappointments of the here and now", "she is studying at the moment"

  synonyms : here and now , present moment

• (noun) a particular point in time

  "the moment he arrived the party began"

  synonyms : instant , minute , second

• (noun) an indefinitely short time

  "wait just a moment", "in a mo", "it only takes a minute", "in just a bit"

  synonyms : bit , minute , mo , second

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