moment
noun
[ ˈməʊm(ə)nt ]
• a very brief period of time.
• "she was silent for a moment before replying"
Similar:
little while,
short time,
bit,
minute,
second,
instant,
split second,
sec,
nanosecond,
jiffy,
jiff,
tick,
mo,
two ticks,
• importance.
• "the issues were of little moment to the electorate"
Similar:
importance,
import,
significance,
consequence,
substance,
note,
mark,
prominence,
value,
weight,
concern,
interest,
gravity,
seriousness,
• a turning effect produced by a force acting at a distance on an object.
• a quantity that expresses the average or expected value of the first, second, third, or fourth power of the deviation of each component of a frequency distribution from a given value, typically mean or zero. The first moment is the mean, the second moment the variance, the third moment the skew, and the fourth moment the kurtosis.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin momentum (see momentum).
in the moment
• fully focused on or mentally involved in what one is doing or experiencing.
• "the night goes so quickly—you just have to remember to stay in the moment"
