Definizione monolingua

moment

moment (plural moments)

1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Wait up a moment, while I lock the front door.

2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
3. Weight or importance.
   • 1597, Wm. Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:

     In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.

   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Second Stain’ (Norton 2005, p.1192)

     The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.

4. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
5. (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
6. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
7. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

Definizione dizionario moment

	momento
	very brief period of time
	Periodo di tempo indeterminato.
	A short, indeterminate amount of time.

	istante
	Periodo di tempo indeterminato.
	A short, indeterminate amount of time.

attimo

importanza

mentre

ora

peso

punto

Altri significati:

(colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

A brief, unspecified amount of time.

moment (i.e. magnetic moment)

(physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.

moment in time

The smallest portion of time; an instant.

(historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.

moment of force

Weight or importance.

(a) moment

(informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.