Meaning

• A brief, unspecified amount of time.

  "Wait a moment, while I lock the front door."

• The smallest portion of time; an instant.

• Weight or importance.

• The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.

• (unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.

• A petit mal episode; such a spell.

• A fit; a brief tantrum.

• An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

• 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."