moment

Meanings

• a particular point in time
  • "the moment he arrived the party began"
• an indefinitely short time
  • "wait just a moment"
• at this time
  • "she is studying at the moment"
• having important effects or influence
  • "virtue is of more moment than security"
• a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
• the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

Synonyms

bit, consequence, here and now, import, instant, minute, mo, present moment, second