transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmō-mənt ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin momentum movement, particle sufficient to turn the scales, moment, from movēre to move
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : a minute portion or point of time : instant
b. : a comparatively brief period of time
2.
a. : present time
at the moment she is working on a novel
b. : a time of excellence or conspicuousness
he has his moment s
3. : importance in influence or effect
a matter of great moment
4. obsolete : a cause or motive of action
5. : a stage in historical or logical development
6.
a. : tendency or measure of tendency to produce motion especially about a point or axis
b. : the product of quantity (as a force) and the distance to a particular axis or point
7.
a. : the mean of the n th powers of the deviations of the observed values in a set of statistical data from a fixed value
b. : the expected value of a power of the deviation of a random variable from a fixed value
Synonyms: see importance