Moment

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Impulsive power; force; momentum.

II. Moment ·noun An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.

III. Moment ·noun A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

IV. Moment ·noun Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.

V. Moment ·noun Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, ·esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.

VI. Moment ·noun An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.