one hour. = 60 min.
one min. = 60 seconds.
How long is a moment ?
2007-07-27 14:11:19 · 18 answers · asked by John L 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
it's gone
2007-07-27 14:13:43 · answer #1 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
one hour = 60 min.
one min. = 60 seconds
1 second = 1000 milliseconds
3 milliseconds = 1 flap of a fly's wing = 1 moment :-)
2007-07-27 16:15:46 · answer #2 · answered by P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning:
moment - an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
Origin:
moment
1340, "very brief portion of time, instant," in moment of time, from O.Fr. moment, from L. momentum "movement, moving power," also "instant, importance," contraction of *movimentum, from movere "to move" (see move). Some (but not O.E.D.) explain the sense evolution of the L. word by notion of a particle so small it would just "move" the pointer of a scale, which led to the transf. sense of "minute time division." Sense of "importance, 'weight' " is attested in Eng. from 1522. Momentous formed 1656 in Eng., to carry the sense of "important" while momentary (1526) kept the meaning "of an instant of time." Phrase never a dull moment first recorded 1889 in Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat." Phrase moment of truth first recorded 1932 in Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon," from Sp. el momento de la verdad, the final sword-thrust in a bull-fight.
2007-07-27 15:38:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A moment is 2 minutes!!
2007-07-31 04:27:02 · answer #4 · answered by valri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Less than 60 seconds,...after 60 seconds it becomes 'just a MINUTE!!
2007-07-31 02:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by shaani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically it's a second. But it can be several seconds as in a brief moment of time.
2007-07-27 17:03:56 · answer #6 · answered by syllylou77 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A short period of time when you need a person to wait for you attention. Should be a few seconds!!
2007-07-28 07:54:05 · answer #7 · answered by tea cup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dnt know, but a jiffy is a real unit of time. Its 1/100th of a second. How bizarre is that?? So when people say, 'see you in a jiffy' it totally wouldnt happen.
2007-07-27 14:15:24 · answer #8 · answered by Lifeless Energy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as the person who said "I'll be with you in a moment" thinks it is.
2007-07-27 14:18:21 · answer #9 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A moment is a short period of time.
2007-07-27 14:23:46 · answer #10 · answered by chameleon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask a 'senior' - they have lots of them - I'm almost there. It's happening already, now and then !! LOL
2007-07-28 08:25:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋