Moment

EnglishModificar

EtymologyModificar

From Old French moment, from Latin momentum.

PronunciationModificar

• (RP) IPA: /'məʊmənt/, SAMPA: /"m@Um@nt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /'moʊmənt/, SAMPA: /"moUm@nt/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧ment

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1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Wait up a moment, while I lock the front door.

2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
3. Weight or importance.
   • 1597, Wm. Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:

     In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.

   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Second Stain’ (Norton 2005, p.1192)

     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.

4. Patrono:Physics The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
5. Patrono:Historical A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
6. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
7. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

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• (physics): moment of force

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• torque

ReferencesModificar

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)

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• montem

CatalanModificar

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Latin momentum

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Moment m. (plural Moments)

1. moment (specific instant or time)

   Patrono:... el català, malgrat tot, viu un moment de glòria efímera durant els darrers anys del segle XVIII i primers del XIX.

   Catalan, in spite of everything, had a moment of glory for the last years of the 18^th Century and the first ones of the 19^th.

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Latin momentum

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Moment n. (plural Momenten, diminutive Momentje, diminutive plural Momentjes)

1. moment (very brief period of time)

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EtymologyModificar

From Latin momentum

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• IPA: /momɑ̃/

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Moment m. (plural Moments)

1. moment (short period of time)
2. a while

   Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while

Derived termsModificar

• pour le moment
• au moment où

See alsoModificar

• instant

RomanianModificar

EtymologyModificar

Latin momentum

PronunciationModificar

• IPA: [mo'ment]

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Moment n. (plural momente)

1. moment [Clarification of this translation from Romanian is requested]

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