a particular point in time; the moment he arrived the party began

[ Syn: minute , second , instant ]

an indefinitely short time; wait just a moment; in a mo; it only takes a minute; in just a bit

[ Syn: mo , minute , second , bit ]

at this time; the disappointments of the here and now; she is studying at the moment

[ Syn: here and now , present moment ]

having important effects or influence; decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself; virtue is of more moment than security; that result is of no consequence

[ Syn: consequence , import ]

a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

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