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Definition: Moment |
MomentNoun1. A particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began". 2. An indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit". 3. At this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment". 4. Having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security". 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "moment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Moment \Mo"ment\, noun. [French expression moment, from Latin expression momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, from movere to move. See Move, and compare to Momentum, Movement.]. (references) |
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Aerospace | (Symbol M)A tendency to cause rotation about a point or axis, as of a control surface about its hinge or of an airplane about its center of gravity; the measure of this tendency, equal to the product of the force and the perpendicular distance between the point of axis of rotation and the line of action of the force. (references) |
Statistics | In general, a moment is the mean value of a power of a variate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | In air transport, the weight of a load multiplied by its distance from a reference point in the aircraft. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In physics, the moment M of a vector B is
where r is the position where the quantity B is applied. If r is a vector relative to a point A, then the moment is the "moment M with respect to axis that goes through the point A" or simply "moment M around A". If A is the origin, one often omits A and says simply moment.
- MA = r × B,
Since the moment is dependent on the given axis, the moment expression possess a common property when the observation axis is changed. If MA is the moment around A, then the moment around the axis that goes through a point B is
where R is the vector from point B to point A. This expression is usually refered to as the parallell axis theorem. For cases when the moment is the sum of individual "submoments", such as in rigid body dynamics where each particle of the body contribute to a moment, the axis change is the sum of a macroscopic and microscopic quantity,
- MB = MA + R×B,
where B = ∑ibi , or in the form
- MB = R×B + ∑iri×b(i),
There are certain three kinds of important momentums in physics.
- MB = R×B + MA.
- B = mv: Angular momentum, which is typically the cause of both rotation and translation movements of a body.
- B = m ω×r: Moment of inertia, which, when describing rotational motions, plays the same role as the mass does for translation motion. But this "mass" is often dependent on time and also on the reference axis.
- B = F: Torque, which is a force applied on a position of the body, but not on the center of mass. When no torque is applied, the angular momentum is conserved.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The concept of moment is important in physics and illustrates the magnification of force in rotational systems due to the distance between the application of the force and where the force is applied. The concept of the moment arm, this characteristic distance, is key to the operation of the lever, pulley, and most other simple machines that generate a mechanical advantage.
The principle of moments is derived from Archimedes' discovery of the operating principle of the lever. In the lever one applies a force, in his day most often human muscle, to an arm, a beam of some sort. Archimedes noted that the amount of force applied to the object, the moment of force, is defined as M=Fd, where F is the applied force, and d is the distance from the applied force to object.
An example:
A force of 85 N is applied to the lever arm shown above. The length of the moment arm is 0.6 m. The moment of force at the joint to the arm can be calculated by:
M=Fd
=85 x 0.6 =51 N.m clockwiseThis moment can then be applied at any point along the arm. For instance, if the object being moved was located 0.2m from the pivot point, known as the fulcrum, the amount of force applied would be 51 N.m / 0.2m = 256 N, considerably more force than was put into the arm. For this reason a suitable arm and pivot point can allow human muscle to move objects that would otherwise be immobile. This is the principle behind the crowbar for instance, where the blade operates applies the entire force being applied at the far end of the bar. With a common 1m bar with a blade of perhaps 5cm long, the crowbar multiplies the force by 20x.
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Moment of inertia is rotational inertia, i.e., moment of inertia is to rotational motion as mass is to linear motion. Rotational versions of Newton's Second Law, momentum, and the formula for kinetic energy use this value (with torque, angular velocity and angular acceleration replacing force, velocity and acceleration, respectively). The moment of inertia for an object depends on its shape and distribution of mass within that shape: the more the mass is on the outside with respect to the axis of rotation, the larger the moment of inertia. For a given mass M and radius r, in order of increasing moment of inertia we have a solid sphere, a solid cylinder, a hollow sphere and a hollow cylinder, namely cMr2, with c=2/5, 1/2, 2/3 and 1, respectively. The general form of the moment of inertia involves an integral.
The moment of inertia is often represented by the letter I.
For an bunch of infinitely small particles with mass , and distance from one particular axis, the moment of inertia for that bunch of particles around that axis will be:
Continuous mass distributions require an infinite sum over all the point mass moments which make up the whole. This is accomplished by integrating all the masses over all 3D space involved:
is defined by the spatial density distribution &rho.See also: torque
External links
- http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/torque/Q.torque.inertia.html,
- http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mi.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Moment of inertia."
Synonyms: MomentSynonyms: bit (n), consequence (n), here and now (n), import (n), instant (n), minute (n), present moment (n), second (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inconsequence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Importance | Noun: importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness. |
Time | Era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade; (period); moment; (instant). |
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Screenplays | I'm sorry, just give me a moment to redefine my girlish notions of romance (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Having a Boo Radley moment, are we (Benny & Joon; writing credit: Barry Berman) Luckily, right at that moment and unconscious Argentinean fell through my roof (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) Well gentlemen, now that the moment has come to bid you farewell, I congratulate both you, Doctor, and you, Professor, on your brilliant work in the development of the submarine tracking system (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood) You don't make history by following the rules, you make it by seizing the moment! (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe) | |
Lyrics | 'Cause it's the heat of the moment (Heat of the Moment; performing artist: Asia) this very moment (This Very Moment; performing artist: K-Ci & JoJo) I'm hanging by a moment here with you (Hanging By A Moment; performing artist: Lifehouse) From this moment you are the one (From This Moment On; performing artist: Shania Twain) You've got stuck in a moment (Stuck In A Moment; performing artist: U2) | |
Clever | A moment on the lips, an eternity on the hips. (references; author: unknown) A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. (references; author: unknown) Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment. (references; author: unknown) The important thing is this: To be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. (references; author: unknown) Your brain is that bodily organ which starts working the moment you awake and does not stop until you get into the office. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Moment 403 (1974) Moment (1968) Never a Dull Moment (1968) Der Magische Moment (1966) The Last Moment (1966) | |
Song Titles | This Moment (performing artist: The Incredible String Band) This Magic Moment (performing artist: Jay and the Americans) This Very Moment (performing artist: K-Ci & JoJo) A Moment Like This (performing artist: Kelly Clarkson) Hanging By A Moment (performing artist: Lifehouse) | |
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 | Shepard and Schmitt Enjoying a Light Hearted Moment. Credit: NASA. |  | Astronomers have caught a peek at a rare moment in the final stages of a star's life: a ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Neir Negovanna and his wife Roseanna share a reflective moment. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A relaxed moment at the Gut Off Net Shop. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Figure 13. Bouquet de la Grye sounder, invented by the French hydrographic engineer Anatole Bouquet de la Grye in 1869. The main point about this device was a new type of weight release mechanism, based on the action of spring released at the moment that the weight contacted the bottom. This method was used extensively on cable survey ships. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | A moment of discomfort - but it will ensure that he will never suffer: the wasting disease of tuberculosis. / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Un moment, que diable! / Pigal. Lith. de Benard. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Shares a light moment with Vice Admiral G. Lemonnier, French Naval Deputy to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, at Orly Airfield, Paris, France, in July 1951. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Share a light moment on board USS Augusta (CA-31), off Morocco during the Operation "Torch" landings. Though the original photo is dated 4 December 1942, it was probably taken shortly before MGen. Patton went ashore on 8 or 9 November 1942. Credit: NAVY. |  | Nedra, he pronounced huskily, after a moment : I've got to leave soon, and go back to the world, and then all these beautiful days must end. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Taking a moment" by Bas V.d Eykhof Commentary: "Soul clinic on stage." | "In the moment" by Radek Siechowicz Commentary: "In the moment." |
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 | Very typical sequence for a resolution moment in a film circa 1990's. | | String orchestration for a cinematic moment of surprise. |
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Christian Nevell Bovee | Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence. |
Francis Bacon | Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. |
Homer | Men flourish only for a moment. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The right man is the one that seizes the moment. |
Juvenal | No one becomes depraved in a moment. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | The most dangerous moment comes with victory. |
Pliny The Elder | The happier the moment the shorter. |
Titus Maccius Plautus | To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy. |
Walt Whitman | Every moment of light and dark is a miracle. |
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John Locke | 1690 | And where the body of the people, or any single man, is deprived of their right, or is under the exercise of a power without right, and have no appeal on earth, then they have a liberty to appeal to heaven, whenever they judge the cause of sufficient moment. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rent, into a social power capable of being monopolised, i.e., from the moment when individual property can no longer be transformed into bourgeois property, into capital, from that moment, you say individuality vanishes. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The decision of the Commission shall thereupon and at the earliest possible moment be communicated to the German Government and to the several interested Allied and Associated Governments. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It is a solemn moment for the American Democracy. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1909) |
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Flight to Arras | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral |
Emma | Austen, Jane | He paused a moment, again smiling, with his eyes fixed on her face |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The Professor pocketed his thermometer in a moment, clasped his hands, and put his head on one side with a meek smile |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | To sit, staring at those fixed glazed eyes, in silence for a moment, would play, Scrooge felt, the very deuce with him. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Javert, who came up at the moment of the accident, had sent for a jack |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A burly policeman sweated behind him and seemed at every moment about to act. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Casy looked up at her for a moment. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | For I apprehended every moment that he would dash me against the ground, as we usually do any little hateful animal which we have a mind to destroy |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages |
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Health | One moment the patient can move easily. (references) | |
By taking a moment to ask questions early, you may avoid problems later. (references) | ||
Sleep myoclonus occurs during the initial phases of sleep, especially at the moment of dropping off to sleep. (references) | ||
Business | One important issue at the moment is the use of “caches”. (references) | |
For the moment Internet represents a good source of income. (references) | ||
So it is difficult to find an agent or a distributor at this moment. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Canada | Under the new policy, daily school opening exercises are limited to: Instruction on the values education units developed by the Saskatoon Public Schools Division; opportunities for personal reflection through a moment of silence, writing in a personal journal, or sharing a thought for the day; or the singing of the national anthem. (references) |
Economic History | Norway | Major structural changes and competitive positioning are going on in this sector at the moment. (references) |
Spain | The Agency Law establishes that commissions are generated the moment the transaction takes place. (references) | |
Human Rights | Uzbekistan | A defendant has a right to counsel from the moment of arrest, but in practice access to counsel is very often denied. (references) |
Ukraine | The law stipulates that a defense attorney must be provided without charge to an indigent detainee from the moment of detention or the filing of charges, whichever comes first. (references) | |
Andorra | In spite of the 2000 request of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the Government has declined to modify the law to provide arrested individuals access to an attorney from the moment of arrest. (references) | |
Political Economy | Georgia | Georgia is at a critical moment in its history. (references) |
Mexico | The PRI likes to claim that it owns the center of Mexican politics, but in reality the party has often changed its ideology to fit the political needs of the moment. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | Importers must apply the CF to the CIF value at the moment of customs clearance. (references) |
Travel | Hong Kong | Business cards are exchanged frequently and the exchange should be fairly formal: the card should be accepted with both hands and a moment taken to read it carefully. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor. The man was perishing apace Who played the tambourine; The seal of death was on his face -- 'Twas pallid, for 'twas clean. "This is the end," the sick man said In faint and failing tones. A moment later he was dead, And Tambourine was Bones. Tinley Roquot |
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Al Hunt | Let's talk just a moment about the war. You wrote a column in which you said in Afghanistan you can't tell who's on which side. |
Dennis Miller | I never enjoyed air flight, but now I don't board a plane without taking a moment to shoot myself in the thigh with a tranquilizer dart. |
Heather Mills McCartney | Wherever we lay our hat, basically. We're on tour at the moment. So we move around all the time. Our main base is in London, in the U.K. But we're just all over the place. Hotels at the moment. |
Julianne Moore | It's too much power. You have to let something breathe, let it have a moment. It's OK that you don't like it but that sudden authority just like flattens some things. |
King Constantine of Greece | Well, at the moment, I'm in the courts with the Greek government, because they have made every effort to take away my home, and I've been fighting that in the European court of human rights. |
Nancy Grace | Well it depends. I would not go for some prurient interest, to observe a human in their last moments. In suffering in what I consider a private moment between them and their maker. |
Peter Jennings | This is about catching a moment when just one of the men suggested that if he were a Palestinian living under occupation, he might do what the bomber did. Listen. |
Senator Joseph Biden | That is not a correct assessment as to where the Iraqis are at this moment. It is a correct assessment of what their desire is, but not where they are at this moment. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Some others of less moment or not yet ready for communication will be the subject of separate messages. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Further portions of the Florida archives have been sent to the United States, although the death of one of the commissioners at a critical moment embarrassed the progress of the delivery of them. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | A moment ago I spoke of despair and frustrated hopes in the cities where the fires of disorder burned last summer. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Also at this moment, massive Soviet troops are attempting to subjugate the fiercely independent and deeply religious people of Afghanistan. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Ours is but a moment in history. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | For this is a day when our nation is made whole, when our differences, for a moment, are suspended. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | At this remarkable moment in history, more people live in freedom than ever before. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We've been offered a unique opportunity, and we must not let this moment pass. |
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| "Moment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Moment" is used about 22,123 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 22,123 | 400 |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "moment" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Moment | Last name | 170 | 50,348 |
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Expressions using "moment": a matter of moment ♦ a moment late ♦ any moment ♦ at any moment ♦ at any moment now ♦ at every moment ♦ at that moment ♦ at the crucial moment ♦ at the last moment ♦ at the moment ♦ at the moment when ♦ at the right moment ♦ at the wrong moment ♦ at this moment ♦ at this very moment ♦ be of great moment ♦ be of little moment ♦ be of moment ♦ bending moment ♦ decisive moment ♦ dipole moment ♦ disturbing moment ♦ electric dipole moment ♦ every moment ♦ first moment ♦ flexural moment ♦ for a brief moment ♦ for a fleeting moment ♦ for a moment ♦ for the moment ♦ for this moment ♦ from moment to moment ♦ great moment ♦ have not a moment to spare ♦ hinge moment ♦ in a moment ♦ in an unguarded moment ♦ in any moment ♦ in the heat of the moment ♦ in this moment ♦ inverse moment ♦ just at that moment ♦ just this moment ♦ magnetic dipole moment ♦ magnetic moment ♦ moment coefficient ♦ moment of a couple ♦ moment of a force ♦ moment of a magnet ♦ moment of a torque ♦ moment of acceleration ♦ moment of force ♦ moment of forgetfulness ♦ moment of inertia ♦ moment of inertia about one axis ♦ moment of rotation ♦ moment of the mass ♦ moment of torsion ♦ moment of truth ♦ not a moment too soon ♦ not at the moment ♦ not for a moment ♦ not have a moment that one can call one's own ♦ not have a moment to spare ♦ of great moment ♦ of little moment ♦ of no moment ♦ on the spur of the moment ♦ one moment ♦ overhung moment ♦ pitching moment ♦ please wait a moment ♦ present moment ♦ propitious moment ♦ proud moment ♦ psychologic moment ♦ psychological moment ♦ restoring moment ♦ righting moment ♦ rolling moment ♦ second moment ♦ statical moment ♦ supreme moment ♦ the moment ♦ the moment of truth ♦ the moment that ♦ the propitious moment ♦ the psychological moment ♦ this moment ♦ torsional moment ♦ turning moment ♦ twisting moment ♦ unadjusted moment ♦ virtual moment. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "moment": moment-as, moment-by-moment, moment-efficiency, moment-to-moment, moment-we. | |
Ending with "moment": heat-of-the-moment, moment-by-moment, moment-to-moment. | |
Containing "moment": get-out-of-my-way-i-haven't-a-moment-to-spare, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, product-moment correlation coefficient. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "moment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | rukkie (instant), oomblik (instant). (various references) | |
Albanian | moment (fit, hour, instant, momentum, Nick). (various references) | |
Arabic | لحظة نفسية, لحظة (awhile, breath, breathing, instant, jiffy, little while, minute, second, short time, tick, trice, wink), وقت قصير, عزم القوة, العزم, أهمية (account, consequence, consideration, import, importance, magnitude, pith, prominence, significance, standing, stress, value, weight, weightiness, worth), برهة (breath, minute, while). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | важност (account, concern, concernment, gravity, import, importance, interest, magnitude, materiality, pith, pomposity, self-importance, seriousness, significance, solemnity, stress, value, weight), момент (instant, minute, occasion, sec, second, shake, trice, twinkling, while, whipstitch), миг (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, second, shake, tick, trice, twinkle, twinkling), значение (account, amount, consequence, consideration, denotation, hang, heft, import, importance, intention, interest, magnitude, matter, meaning, message, notability, object, pith, sense, significance, signification, tenor, value, weight). (various references) | |
Chinese | 關頭 (juncture), 瞬間 (momentary), 片刻, 時候 (length of time, period, time), 時刻 . (various references) | |
Czech | moment (consideration, instant, let me see), význam (denotement, import, importance, meaning, purport, sense, significance, value), okamžik (instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, Nick, second, tick, trice), chvíle (minute, while). (various references) | |
Danish | øjeblik (instant). (various references) | |
Dutch | moment (instant), tel (esteem, instant, pulse, regard, second), oogwenk (instant), ogenblik (instant). (various references) | |
Esperanto | momento (instant). (various references) | |
Faeroese | lítil løta (instant), bil (car, instant). (various references) | |
Farsi | هنگام (During, Gamut, In, Season, Term), لحظه (Flash, Instance, Instant, Minute, Second, Spot, Trice), زمان (Date, Time, Zeitgeist), اهمیت (Circumstance, Dimension, Emphasis, Gravity, Importance, Magnitude, Notability, Pith, Significance, Stress, Valor), ان (Instant, It, Minute, That, Yon, Yond), دم (At, Blast, Breath, Instant, Minute, Tail, Train, Trice). (various references) | |
Finnish | hetki (instant, while). (various references) | |
French | moment (momentum), instant. (various references) | |
Frisian | amerij (instant). (various references) | |
German | Moment (element, fact, factor, instant, momentum), Augenblick (blink, instant, jiffy, minute, second, tick). (various references) | |
Greek | στιγμή (instant, jiffy, stop, trice, whit). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | moment (instant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מומנט, ערך (asset, estimation, importance, magnitude, order, property, set, suit, value, worth), חשיבות (importance, magnitude, significance, worth), ארגיעה, הרף עין (eyewink, instant, jiffy, trice, twinkle), רגע (instant, minute, tick). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pillanat (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, shake, tick, trice), nyomaték (accents, emphasis, momentum, stress, vigor, vigour, weight). (various references) | |
Indonesian | saat (instant, occasion), ketika (as, time, when). (various references) | |
Irish | móimint (instant), nóiméad (instant, minute). (various references) | |
Italian | momento (bit, factor, feature, importance, instant, jiff, minute, Mo, momentum, opportunity, period, present, significance, time, while), attimo (bit, instant, jiff, jiffy, sec, tick, trice). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 瞬間 (instant, second), 瞬時 (instant). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅんじ (instant), とっさ (instant), じこく (instant, one's own country, time), せつな (instant, juncture), せきりつ, つかのま (brief, brief time, transient), とき (hour, Japanese crested ibis, meals exchanged by parishioners and priests, occasion, time), ひととき (time), ぞうじてんぱい, しゅんこく (instant), しゅんかん (cold weather in early spring, instant, second), モメント , モーメント (momentum), すんじ (very short time), ぞうじ (very short time), ふんびょう. (various references) | |
Korean | 순간 (momentary, real-time). (various references) | |
Manx | thurrick (a very short time, second), thootchey (half a second, jiffy, tick, tick space of time), thootch, shallid (instant, second, twinkling, twinkling of time), scansh (consequence, importance, momentousness, regard, respect), moment, frioose (advertence, attention, attentiveness, consideration, heedfulness, importance, thoughtfulness, thrift, thriftiness, value). (various references) | |
Maya | suutuk. (various references) | |
Papiamen | momentu (instant), momento (instant), instante (instant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omentmay.(various references) | |
Polish | moment (instant), chwila (instant). (various references) | |
Portuguese | momento (flash, full stop, hour, import, instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, momentum, point, tick, time, trice). (various references) | |
Quechua | kunititan (just this moment). (various references) | |
Romanian | moment (flash, hour, instant, jiffy, juncture, minute, Mo, one moment, page, point, second, shake, tick, time, trice, turn, twinkle, wait a bit). (various references) | |
Russian | момент (fleeting moment, momenta, momentum, second). (various references) | |
Scottish | ial. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | moment (jiff, jiffy, minute, momentum), momenat (jiff, jiffy, minute, momentum), značaj (character, consequence, importance, note, significance, weight), važnost (consequence, importance, magnitude, pertinence, weight, weightiness), trenutak (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, juncture, minute, point, trice, twinkling, wee), čas (class, hour, period). (various references) | |
Spanish | momento (instance, instant, minute, Mo, momentum, piece, place, point, tick, time), momentito (instant, jiff, jiffy), instante (instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, tick, time). (various references) | |
Sranan | yuruten (instant). (various references) | |
Swedish | ögonblick (instand, instant, jiff, jiffy, sec), stund (time, while), moment (clause, element, instant, operation). (various references) | |
Thai | โอกาสสำคัญ, ชั่วขณะ (mo, momentarily, momentary, momentous), ความสำคัญ (emphasis, heft). (various references) | |
Turkish | an (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, point, second, snatch, span, split second, trice, wink). (various references) | |
Turkmen | maя (instant, May 2), pursat (time), lampa (instant, twinkling). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | важливість (account, amount, concern, consequence, earnest, gravity, import, importance, magnitude, notability, pregnancy, seriousness, significance, significancy), момент (article, breath, breathing, point, snatch, time), певний час. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lúc gay go quyết định (moment of truth). (various references) | |
Welsh | munud (gesture, minute, nod, sign), moment, ennyd (while), eiliad (second), amrantun (nap). (various references) | |
Zulu | umzuzwana (instant). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ahi. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | articulo, momenta, momentis, momento, momentum, puncti, puncto, punctum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 12, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ceilh alhqina katorqoi marturian martuV de tacuV glwssan ecei adikon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Labium veritatis firmum erit in perpetuum qui autem testis est repentinus concinnat linguam mendacii |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The lippe of truthe shal be fast in to withoute ende; who forsothe is a feerli witnesse, maketh a tunge of lesing. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 12, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang ngabil sa kamatuoran pagalig-onon sa walay katapusan; Apan ang usa ka bakakong dila umalagi lamang. |
| Chinese | 口 吐 真 言 、 永 遠 堅 立 ． 舌 說 謊 話 、 只 存 片 時 。 |
| Croatian | Istinita usta traju dovijeka, a lažljiv jezik samo za èas. |
| Danish | Sanddru Læbe består for evigt, Løgnetunge et Øjeblik. |
| Dutch | Een waarachtige lip zal bevestigd worden in eeuwigheid; maar een valse tong is maar voor een ogenblik. |
| Finnish | Totuuden huulet pysyvät iäti, mutta valheen kieli vain tuokion. |
| French | La lèvre véridique est affermie pour toujours, Mais la langue fausse ne subsiste qu`un instant. |
| German | Wahrhaftiger Mund besteht ewiglich; aber die falsche Zunge besteht nicht lange. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Manti la pou yon ti tan. Men, verite la pou tout tan tout tan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dusta akan terbongkar dalam sekejap mata, tapi kata-kata benar akan tetap sepanjang masa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa lidah yang berkata benar itu akan dikekalkan selama-lamanya, tetapi lidah pembohong itu tahan hanya sekejap mata jua. |
| Italian | La bocca verace resta ferma per sempre, la lingua bugiarda per un istante solo. |
| Maori | ¶ Ka u tonu te ngutu pono a ake ake; mo naianei kau ia te arero teka. |
| Norwegian | Sannhets lebe blir fast for all tid, men falskhets tunge bare et øieblikk. |
| Rumanian | Buza care spune adevqrul este kntqritq pe vecie, dar limba mincinoasq nu stq deckt o clipq. - |
| Russian | хУФБ РТБЧДЙЧЩЕ ЧЕЮОП РТЕВЩЧБАФ, Б МЦЙЧЩК СЪЩЛ--ФПМШЛП ОБ НЗОПЧЕОЙЕ. |
| Swedish | Sannfärdiga läppar bestå evinnerligen, men en lögnaktig tunga allenast ett ögonblick. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "moment": momenta, momentarily, momentariness, momentarinesses, momentary, momently, momento, momentoes, momentos, momentous, momentously, momentousness, momentousnesses, moments, momentum, momentums. (additional references) | |
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"Moment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: doment, mament, Mametz, maminst, manent, Marment, Mbongeni, mement, minent, m'man, mnoment, moben, Momart, Mombet, momento, momment, Momone, monen, monent, moneny, Moomin, Moonen, Morente, morment, Mosman, Movment, Moxen, nocent, nomen, Omament. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "moment" (pronounced mō"munt) |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-m-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: monte. | |
-2 letters: memo, meno, mome, mote, nome, note, omen, tome, tone. | |
-3 letters: eon, mem, men, met, mom, mon, mot, net, nom, not, one, ten, toe, tom, ton. | |
-4 letters: em, en, et, me, mm, mo, ne, no, oe, om, on, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-m-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: comment, memento, metonym, momenta, momento, moments, omentum. | |
+2 letters: ammonite, comments, lomentum, mementos, metonyms, metonymy, momently, momentos, momentum, monument, motormen, movement, omentums, tomentum. | |
+3 letters: ammoniate, ammonites, commented, comminute, commonest, emolument, gemmation, lomentums, manometer, manometry, mementoes, metonymic, metronome, momentary, momentoes, momentous, momentums, monometer, monotreme, monuments, movements, pantomime. | |
+4 letters: ammoniated, ammoniates, anemometer, anemometry, antemortem, autoimmune, commentary, commentate, commenting, comminuted, comminutes, commitment, complement, compliment, consummate, embodiment, embossment, emoluments, employment, entombment, gemmations, manometers, manometric, melanomata, metonymies, metronomes, metronomic, monetarism, monometers, monotheism, monotremes, monumental, nonmimetic, pantomimed, pantomimes. | |
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