moment meaning and definition

MOMENT noun

Definition of moment (noun)

1. a particular point in time
   • "the moment he arrived the party began"
   • synonyms: instant, minute, second
2. 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
3. at this time
   • "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
   • synonyms: 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 than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
   • synonyms: consequence, import
   • antonym: inconsequence
5. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
6. the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value