Noun

(en noun)

A brief, unspecified amount of time.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith

, volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where the profound meets the profane , passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}

The smallest portion of time; an instant.

* , chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}

Weight or importance.

* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), , 3,7,67:

In deep designs, in matter of great moment , / No less importing than our general good.

* 1904 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), (The Adventure of the Second Stain) , (Norton 2005, p.1192)

The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment .

The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.

(label) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.

(label) A petit mal episode; such a spell.

(label) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.

(label) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

Noun

That which affects one's welfare or happiness.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 10, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport

, title= Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle , passage=Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.}}

The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict, chapter=22 citation , passage=Appleby

A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

* 2001 November 18, " What the Muslim World Is Watching," The New York Times (retrieved 26 July 2014):

Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudi concern , Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC's insistence on editorial independence.

(computing, programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.

* 2006 , Awais Rashid, ?Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II (page 148)

At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern .