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  • 21Moment of a force — Moment Mo ment, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22moment of a force — Moment Mo ment, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [1913… …

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  • 23Moment of inertia — Moment Mo ment, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [1913… …

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  • 24moment of rotation — Moment Mo ment, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [1913… …

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  • 25moment of the mass — Moment Mo ment, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [1913… …

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  • 26Statical moment — Moment Mo ment, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [1913… …

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  • 27Virtual moment — Moment Mo ment, n. [F. moment, L. momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Momentum}, {Movement}.] 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment. [1913… …

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  • 28parting of the ways — {n. phr.} 1. The point where a road or path divides; a fork. * /They stood undecided at a parting of the ways, where a forest path forked./ 2. A time or place where a choice must be made; a deciding point. * /He had come to a parting of the ways …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 29parting of the ways — {n. phr.} 1. The point where a road or path divides; a fork. * /They stood undecided at a parting of the ways, where a forest path forked./ 2. A time or place where a choice must be made; a deciding point. * /He had come to a parting of the ways …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 30badminton — /bad min tn/, n. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with light rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a high net that divides the court in half. See illus. under racket. [1835 45; named after… …

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