1. A particular point in time
   "the moment he arrived the party began";
   - minute, second, instant
    
2. An indefinitely short time
   "wait just a moment";
   - mo, minute, second, bit
    
3. The current or immediate time, especially as distinct from past or future
   "she is studying at the moment"; "the disappointments of the present moment";
   - here and now, present moment
    
4. A turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
   "The moment of the wrench on the bolt was calculated precisely"
    
5. (statistics) the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
   "The second moment is used to calculate variance in statistical analysis"
    
6. Significance or importance
   "virtue is of more moment than security";
   - consequence, import

Derived forms: moments

Type of: force, nowadays, point, point in time, present, significance, statistic, time

Encyclopedia: Moment