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Moment (noun)
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
“Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.”
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Moment (noun)
The smallest portion of time; an instant.
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Moment (noun)
Weight or importance.
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Moment (noun)
The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. Also called moment of force.
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Moment (noun)
A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
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Moment (noun)
A petit mal episode; such a spell.
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Moment (noun)
A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
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Moment (noun)
An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
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Moment (noun)
A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
“If the points represent mass, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.”
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Movement (noun)
Physical motion between points in space.
“motion”
“stasis”
“I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.”
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Movement (noun)
A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
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Movement (noun)
The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
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Movement (noun)
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
“The labor movement has been struggling in America since the passage of the Taft-Hartley act in 1947.”
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Movement (noun)
A large division of a larger composition.
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Movement (noun)
An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
“Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.”
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Movement (noun)
The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
“The movement on his cutter was devastating.”
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Movement (noun)
An act of emptying the bowels.
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Movement (noun)
Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
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Movement (noun)
an act of moving
“a slight movement of the body”
“the free movement of labour”
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Movement (noun)
an arrival or departure of an aircraft
“the Civil Aviation Authority directed 125,000 aircraft movements in 1991”
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Movement (noun)
the activities and whereabouts of someone during a particular period of time
“your movements and telephone conversations are recorded”
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Movement (noun)
general activity or bustle
“the scene was almost devoid of movement”
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Movement (noun)
the moving parts of a mechanism, especially a clock or watch
“we restore antique clock movements”
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Movement (noun)
a change or development
“the movement towards greater sexual equality”
“movements in the underlying financial markets”
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Movement (noun)
a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas
“the labour movement”
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Movement (noun)
a campaign undertaken by a political, social, or artistic movement
“a movement to declare war on poverty”
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Movement (noun)
a principal division of a longer musical work, self-sufficient in terms of key, tempo, and structure
“the slow movement of his violin concerto”
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Movement (noun)
an act of defecation.