1. Noun
A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.
2. Noun
Impulsive power; force; momentum.
3. Noun
Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
4. Noun
An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
5. Noun
An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
6. Noun
Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.
7. Noun
the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
8. Noun
a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
Vocabulary classified under Physics
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