moment
• noun 1 a brief period of time. 2 an exact point in time. 3 formal importance. 4 Physics a turning effect produced by a force on an object, expressed as the product of the force and the distance from its line of action to a given point. — PHRASES have one’s (or its) moments be very good at times. moment of truth a time of crisis or test. from a Spanish phrase, referring originally to the final sword-thrust in a bullfight. of the moment currently popular, famous, or important. — ORIGIN Latin momentum (see MOMENTUM).
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