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Question

My mom wants to know what the definition of a moment is...I say it's a short time span but she wont accept that!

Answer 1

shorter than a "while", longer than an "instant"

Answer 2

Moment-A brief, indefinite interval of time.
A specific point in time, especially the present time: He is not here at the moment.
A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments: a great moment in history; waiting for her big moment.
Outstanding significance or value; importance: a discovery of great moment.
A brief period of time that is characterized by a quality, such as excellence, suitability, or distinction: a lackluster performance that nevertheless had its moments.

Answer 3

A brief, unspecified amount of time
weight or importance
1904: 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. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Second Stain’ (Norton 2005, p.1192)

Answer 4

Moment may mean:

Moment (physics)
Moment (mathematics), used in probability theory and statistics
Moment (magazine), an American Jewish publication
Moment (album), an album by SPEED
"Moments (song)", a single and song by Ayumi Hamasaki.

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Answer 5

#a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
#an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
#here and now: at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
#consequence: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security"
#a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
#the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

In physics, the moment of force (often just moment, though there are other quantities of that name such as moment of inertia) is a quantity that represents the magnitude of force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The concept of the moment arm, this characteristic distance, is key to the operation of the lever, pulley, gear, and most other simple machines capable of generating mechanical advantage.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_(physics)

Moment magazine is a popular non-sectarian, politically conservative, religiously liberal Jewish publication produced in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_(magazine)

The concept of moment in mathematics evolved from the concept of moment in physics. The nth moment of a real-valued function f(x) of a real variable is
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_(mathematics)

The resultant of a system of forces causing rotation without translation. A moment can be expressed as a couple
urban.arch.virginia.edu/~km6e/references/glossary/struc-glossary.html

The moment is the time when all the tasks associated with a transaction have completed. A feature's creation, deletion or update date is set to the transaction's moment.
www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/staff/m.blake/magis/glossary/esriglos.htm

refers to a distance on a model forward or aft of the balance point
www.warrixflyinggroup.co.uk/Articles/Treminology.htm

A force attempting to produce motion around an axis.
www.otherpower.com/glossary.html

Weight of object x its arm.
home.swipnet.se/~w-65189/glossary.htm

The tendency of a force to cause rotation about a point or axis.
www.steelbuildinghelp.com/steel_buildings_glossary_k-l-m.htm

The tendency of force to affect motion. Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, especially about a point or axis. The product of a quantity and its perpendicular distance from a reference point.
www.aucco.org/glossary.html

A rotating effect. See torque.
www.fisicx.com/quickreference/science/glossary.html

the rotational force which is created by any line force on a body. The magnitude of a moment is defined as the product of the force magnitude and the perpendicular distance from the line of action of the force to the axis that the moment is being calculated about. The sign of the moment is determined by the sense of the rotation which would be generated. Moment is determined for appears as a point.
www.unb.ca/web/civil/schriver/Previews/glossary.htm

Force that produces rotation of a member and resulting bending stresses.
www.woodtruss.com/terminology.php

That moment tending to restore an aeroplane to its original position after any disturbing movement.
www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary/glossary_R.htm

A magnetic dipole. Moments will align with a uniform field due to the torque exerted but will experience a force in a field gradient.
www.stoner.leeds.ac.uk/misc/glossary.htm

A twisting action; a torque; a force acting at a distance from a point in a structure so as to cause a tendency of the structure to rotate about that point. See also bending moment, moment connection.
unistates.com/rmt/explained/glossary/rmtglossarylmn.html

A force that produces or tends to produce rotation; the rotational force about a point (eg, torque is the force required to tighten a bolt). Excessive torque forces have been associated with CTDs to the upper extremities, particularly the elbow.
www.workriteergo.com/ergonomics/glossary.asp

the couple effect of forces about a given point; see BENDING MOMENT
www.dot.state.oh.us/preventivemaintenance/Glossary/m_terms.htm

A right-angle force exerted at a distance from a central pivot point.
highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072480823/student_view0/glossary.html

Answer 6

There is actually a "scale" (as you would say) for time spans.
Off the top of my head, I think that it says a moment is four seconds.

Answer 7

When you are consciously aware of your surroundings, emotions, and self. What a better time to be than 'in the moment'

Answer 8

It is simply a short amount of time, a portion so to define it you would need the whole.

Answer 9

An unforgetful period of time. Moments aren't always short.

Answer 10

60 seconds, particular point in time. Idk...i agree with you too.

Answer 11

an infinite point in time