moment
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A particular point, or relatively small region.
- ...over everything there lay a deposit of heavy white dust, which was only blown off one moment to thicken on another.
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
- Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
- Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
Weight or importance.
- In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.
- However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed.
- The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.
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Ellipsis of moment of force.
A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or…
A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
A petit mal episode
A petit mal episode; such a spell.
A fit
A fit; a brief tantrum.
An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity
An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
- If the points represent mass, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.
An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
- woman moment
- Reddit moment
The current center of public attention and awe
The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.
- She’s got a point. She’s an icon, she is a legend, and she is the moment. Now, come on, now. You got to give it up to Kim.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymbat of an eye
- synonymbit
- synonymblink of an eye
- synonymcrack
- synonymeyeblink
- synonymflash
- synonymglimpse
- synonymhalf a mo
- synonyminstant
- synonymjiff
- synonymjiffy
- synonymjot
- antonymaeon
- antonymage
- antonymblue moon
- antonymeon
- antonymforever
- neighbortorque
- neighborin two shakes
- neighborPlanck time
- neighborephemeral
- neighbortemporarily
- neighbortransience
- neighborperiod
- neighboruncertain period
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at moment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at moment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at moment
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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