different between heaviness vs moment

English

Etymology

From Middle English hevinesse, from Old English hefi?nes (“heaviness”). Equivalent to heavy +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?v?n?s/

Noun

heaviness (countable and uncountable, plural heavinesses)

1. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
2. (archaic) Oppression; dejectedness, sadness; low spirits.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:

     First got with guile, and then preseru'd with dread, / And after spent with pride and lauishnesse, / Leauing behind them griefe and heauinesse.
3. (obsolete) Drowsiness.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii^[1]:

     Miranda: The strangeness of your story put / Heaviness in me.

Translations

Anagrams

• evanishes

English

Etymology

From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin m?mentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??m?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mo?ment

Noun

moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)

1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Synonyms: stound, instant, trice
2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
3. (figuratively) Weight or importance.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard III, 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.

4. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.

   Synonym: moment of force

5. (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
6. (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
7. (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
8. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
9. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.

Derived terms

See also

• torque

Translations

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.)

Further reading

• moment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• montem

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?men/
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (specific instant or time)

Derived terms

• de moment
• momentet

Further reading

• “moment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “moment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “moment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “moment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mom?nt]

Noun

moment m

1. moment (specific instant or time)

Related terms

• See motiv

Further reading

• moment in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• moment in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mo?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)

1. moment (very brief period of time)

   Synonym: ogenblik

2. (physics) moment of force, moment

   Synonym: krachtmoment

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: moment
• ? Indonesian: momen

French

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.m??/

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (point in time)
2. moment (short period of time)
3. a while

4. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum

Derived terms

See also

• instant

Further reading

• “moment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment, instant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin momentum, from movere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??m?nt/

Noun

moment n (definite singular momentet, indefinite plural moment, definite plural momenta)

1. element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance

2. (physics) moment of force

References

• “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.m?nt/

Noun

moment m inan (diminutive momencik)

1. (physics) moment

   moment bezw?adno?ci – moment of inertia

   moment gn?cy / moment zginaj?cy – bending moment

   moment p?du – angular momentum, moment of momentum

   moment si?y – moment of force

   moment skr?caj?cy – twisting moment

2. moment, a short period of time

   Synonym: chwila

Declension

Derived terms

• momentalny
• momentami

Further reading

• moment in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• moment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo?ment]

Noun

moment n (plural momente)

1. moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

See also

• clip?
• secund?