Moment

Definition of moment:

part of speech: noun

Importance; minute portion of time.

part of speech: noun

Moving cause or force: importance in effect: value: the smallest portion of time in which a movement can be made: an instant: ( mech.) the moment of a force about a point is the product of the force and the perpendicular on its line of action from the point.

part of speech: noun

The smallest portion of time; an instant; importance; as, affairs of great moment; the measure of a force by its effect in motion around a central point, as in a wheel.

Usage examples for moment:

• They had come at the right moment "Julian Home", Dean Frederic W. Farrar.

• Not a word did she speak, only looked at him for a moment and turned to leave the room. "Malcolm", George MacDonald.

• It might come at any moment that happy thought. "The Great Hunger", Johan Bojer.