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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moment \Mo"ment\, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum
     movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and
     cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.]
     1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as,
        at that very moment.
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              In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. --1 Cor.
                                                    xv. 52.
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     2. Impulsive power; force; momentum.
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              The moments or quantities of motion in bodies.
                                                    --Berkley.
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              Touch, with lightest moment of impulse,
              His free will.                        --Milton.
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     3. Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight
        or value; consideration.
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              Matters of great moment.              --Shak.
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              It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less
              moment and consequence of us than the others.
                                                    --Bentley.
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     4. An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or
        consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
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     5. (Math.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an
        increment or decrement. [Obs.]
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     6. (Mech.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce
        motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.
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     {Moment of a couple} (Mech.), the product of either of its
        forces into the perpendicular distance between them.
  
     {Moment of a force}. (Mech.)
        (a) With respect to a point, the product of the intensity
            of the force into the perpendicular distance from the
            point to the line of direction of the force.
        (b) With respect to a line, the product of that component
            of the force which is perpendicular to the plane
            passing through the line and the point of application
            of the force, into the shortest distance between the
            line and this point.
        (c) With respect to a plane that is parallel to the force,
            the product of the force into the perpendicular
            distance of its point of application from the plane.
            
  
     {Moment of inertia}, of a rotating body, the sum of the mass
        of each particle of matter of the body into the square of
        its distance from the axis of rotation; -- called also
        {moment of rotation} and {moment of the mass}.
  
     {Statical moment}, the product of a force into its leverage;
        the same as {moment of a force} with respect to a point,
        line, etc.
  
     {Virtual moment}. See under {Virtual}.
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     Syn: Instant; twinkling; consequence; weight; force; value;
          consideration; signification; avail.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moment
       n 1: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
            began" [syn: {minute}, {second}, {instant}]
       2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only
          takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: {minute}, {second},
           {bit}]
       3: at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now";
          "she is studying at the moment" [syn: {here and now}, {present
          moment}]
       4: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great
          consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is
          of more moment that security" [syn: {consequence}, {import}]
          [ant: {inconsequence}]
       5: the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the
          distance between its opposing forces
       6: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of
          the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  203 Moby Thesaurus words for "moment":
     a breath, abundant year, academic year, accent, advantage, annum,
     ascendancy, authority, avail, bissextile year, bit, breath,
     breathing, calendar month, calendar year, century, charisma, charm,
     clout, common year, compulsion, concern, concernment, consequence,
     consequentiality, consideration, control, coup, crack, credit, day,
     decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, dominance,
     domination, drive, driving force, effect, eminence, emphasis,
     enchantment, esteem, excellence, fateful moment, favor,
     fiscal year, flash, force, fortnight, good feeling, gravity,
     greatness, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake,
     high order, high rank, hold, hour, impellent, impelling force,
     impetus, import, importance, impulse, impulsion, incentive,
     incidental power, incitement, influence, influentiality,
     influentialness, insinuation, instant, interest, interval,
     irresistible force, jiff, jiffy, juncture, kairos, leadership,
     leap year, leverage, little, little bit, little while, lunar month,
     lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, magnetism, magnitude,
     man-hour, mark, mastery, materiality, merit, microsecond,
     millennium, millisecond, minute, moment of truth, momentousness,
     momentum, month, moon, motive power, no time, note, pair of winks,
     paramountcy, period, personality, persuasion, pith, point, potency,
     power, precedence, predominance, preeminence, pregnant moment,
     preponderance, pressure, prestige, primacy, priority, profit,
     prominence, propulsion, psychological moment, purchase, quarter,
     quinquennium, rank, regular year, reign, repute, rule, say, season,
     sec, second, self-importance, semester, seniority, seriousness,
     session, shake, short spell, short time, sidereal year,
     significance, signification, small space, solar year, space, span,
     spell, split second, spurt, stage, stature, stress, stretch,
     stroke, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, sun, superiority,
     supremacy, sway, term, thrust, tick, time, time lag, trice,
     trimester, twelvemonth, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch,
     two shakes, upper hand, use, value, week, weekday, weight,
     weightiness, while, whip hand, wink, worth, year
  
  

















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