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 |
senior moment | a momentary lapse of memory (especially in older people) |
moment | the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value |
arithmetic mean first moment expectation expected value | the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values |
second moment | the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin |
product-moment correlation coefficient Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related |
moment of inertia | the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration |
moment | a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) |
moment of a couple | given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them |
dipole moment | the moment of a dipole |
electric dipole moment | the dipole moment in an electric dipole |
magnetic dipole moment | (physics) a current loop gives rise to a magnetic field characteristic of a magnetic dipole, An orbiting electron in an atom will have a magnetic dipole moment |
magnetic moment moment of a magnet | the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in a magnetic field |
moment magnitude scale | a logarithmic scale of to(a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake |
here and now present moment moment | at this time, the disappointments of the here and now, she is studying at the moment |
moment minute second instant | a particular point in time, the moment he arrived the party began |
moment of truth | a crucial moment on which much depends |
moment of truth | the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull |
psychological moment | the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect |
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 |
spur-of-the-moment | in response to an unforeseen need, a spur-of-the-moment party |
for the moment for the time being | temporarily, we'll stop for the time being |
on the spur of the moment suddenly | on impulse, without premeditation, he decided to go to Chicago on the spur of the moment, he made up his mind suddenly |