moment in WordNet English dictionary

1. an indefinitely short time
   "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
   moment  mo  minute  second  bit 
   
2. having important effects or influence
   "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence"
   consequence  import  moment 
   
3. at this time
   "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
   here and now  present moment  moment 
   
4. a particular point in time
   "the moment he arrived the party began"
   moment  minute  second  instant 
   
5. the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
   moment 
   
6. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
   moment