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A particular point, or relatively small region.; A particular point of space; a spot.countableuncountable
- ...over everything there lay a deposit of heavy white dust, which was only blown off one moment to thicken on another.
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A particular point, or relatively small region.; A particular point of time; an instant.countableuncountable
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks f
- "You know, we all have our own lives to live. Now and then we get confused, we become weak and vulnerable. We have to look around for help. Sometimes we get lucky and there's someone who loves us to support us, to help us along. We have a r
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A brief, unspecified amount of time.countableuncountable
- Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
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Weight or importance.countablefigurativelyuncountable
- In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.
- However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed.
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A product of a distance and another physical quantity.countableuncountable
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A product of a distance and another physical quantity.; Ellipsis of moment of force.abbreviationalt-ofcountable
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A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.countablehistoricaluncountable
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A petit mal episode; such a spell.countableinformaluncountable
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A fit; a brief tantrum.colloquialcountableuncountable
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An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.countableuncountable
syn. bat of an eye · bit · blink of an eye · crack · eyeblink · flash · glimpse · half a mo · instant · jiff · jiffy · jot
ant. aeon · age · blue moon · eon · forever