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momentary

adj
/ˈmoʊmənˌtɛɹi/US/ˈməʊmənt(ə)ɹi/UK

Etymology

From Middle English momentare, from Late Latin mōmentārius (“of brief duration”), from mōmentum (“a short time, an instant”). By surface analysis, moment + -ary.

  1. derived from mōmentārius — “of brief duration”
  2. inherited from momentare

Definitions

  1. Lasting for only a moment.

  2. Happening at every moment

    Happening at every moment; perpetual.

  3. Ephemeral or relatively short-lived.

    • Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at momentary. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at momentary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at momentary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA