Main entry: moment, import, consequence
Definition: having important effects or influence
Usage: decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself; virtue is of more moment than security; that result is of no consequence
Main entry: moment
Definition: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
Main entry: moment
Definition: a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
Main entry: moment, present moment, here and now
Definition: at this time
Usage: the disappointments of the here and now; she is studying at the moment
Main entry: minute, moment, second, instant
Definition: a particular point in time
Usage: the moment he arrived the party began
Main entry: second, bit, minute, mo, moment
Definition: an indefinitely short time
Usage: wait just a moment; in a mo; it only takes a minute; in just a bit