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moment

noun

a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
Synonyms: instant, minute, second
an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
Synonyms: bit, minute, second
at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"
Synonyms: here and now, present moment
having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security"
Synonyms: consequence, import Antonyms: inconsequence
the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces
the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value