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moment | foment |

As a noun moment

is moment or moment can be momentum.

As a verb foment is

to incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

moment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A brief, unspecified amount of time.
  • *
    • , 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (brief span of time) (l), (l), (l) * (physics) moment of force

    Derived terms

    * aha moment * at a moment's notice * at the moment * at this moment in time * blonde moment * branding moment * dipole moment * driveway moment * eureka moment * London moment * magnetic moment * moist moment * momentarily * momentary * moment of force * moment of inertia * moment of silence * moment of truth * on the spur of the moment * polar moment of inertia * second moment of area * second moment of inertia * senior moment * seismic moment * single-minded branding moment * spur-of-the-moment * spur of the moment * tumbleweed moment

    Related terms

    * torque

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    References

    * 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language , v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)

    External links

    * (wikipedia "moment") 1000 English basic words ----

    foment

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
    • He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
  • (medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
  • * 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange , Norton (2005), page 1178,
    • The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.

    Derived terms

    * fomentation