Moment Meaning

There are 6 meaning(s) for word Moment

Meaning 1 : having important effects or influence

    Example : virtue is of more moment than security

    Synonyms : consequence,  import
Meaning 2 : an indefinitely short time

    Example : wait just a moment

    Synonyms : bit,  minute,  mo,  second
Meaning 3 : a particular point in time

    Example : the moment he arrived the party began

    Synonyms : instant,  minute,  second
Meaning 4 : at this time

    Example : she is studying at the moment

    Synonyms : here and now,  present moment
Meaning 5 : a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

Meaning 6 : the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value