English-Estonian translations for moment

• hetk
  Oleme jõudnud ajaloolisse hetke. We have reached a historic moment.
  See hetk on teie valitsuse jaoks kadunud. That moment has passed for your Government.
  Ka nüüd on üks selline raske hetk. Now is also such a difficult moment.
• moment
  See ei ole pelgalt formaalsus, vaid väga tähtis moment. It is not only a formality but a very important moment.

Definition of moment

• A brief, unspecified amount of time
• 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
• A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour
• A fit; a brief tantrum
• A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points

Examples

• Wait a moment, while I lock the front door
• 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

Related words

• momentum
• momentous
• momentary
• momentarily
• momentariness
• momentousness
• four-momentum
• momentane
• moment of momentum