1. (

• moment ,
• minute ,
• second ,
• instant

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

2. (

• moment ,
• mo ,
• minute ,
• second ,
• bit

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

3. (

• here_and_now ,
• present_moment ,
• moment ,

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

4. (

• consequence ,
• import ,
• 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" ;

5. (

• moment

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

6. (

• moment

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