moment
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1. importance
mo.ment \'mo--m*nt\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L momentum movement, particle
sufficient to turn the sca]les, moment, fr. move-re to move 1: a minute
portion or point of time : INSTANT 2: a time of excellence or
conspicuousness {he has his ~s} 3: importance in influence or effect :
CONSEQUENCE obs 4: a cause or motive of action 5: a stage in historical
or logical development 6a: tendency or measure of tendency to produce
motion esp. about a point or axis 6b: the product of quantity (as a force)
and the distance to a particular a xis or point 7: the sum of all products
formed by multiplying a power of the deviation o f a value of a statistical
variable from a specified point by its frequency at the value