moment (moment)

t. [ All accidents are minuted and momented by Divine Providence. Fuller, Worthies, Suffolk, II. 334. ( Davies.) momenta, n. Plural of momentum. momental (mō'men-tal or mo-mental), a. [ momental , moment a lis (in adv. mo- menta liter ), of a moment, momentum , moment: see moment .] 1†. Pertaining to a moment.-21. Lasting but a moment; very brief. Not one momental minute doth she swerve. Breton, Sir P. Sidney's Our an i a (1606). 31. Momentous.-4. Of or pertaining to momentum.-Momental ellipsoid. See ellipsoid. momentallyt (mo'men-tal-i), adv. 1. For a moment. Air but moment ally remaining in our bodies hath no proportionable space for its conversion, only of length enough to refrigerate the heart. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err. 2. From moment to moment. Moment ally the corp or all spirits are di olved and con sumed, as also, in like manner, the humours, and solide parts. Benvenuto, Pa engers' Dialogues (1612). ( Nares. ) moment a net, a. [ Momentaneous; momentary. You will remember how transitorie this present life is, and howe short and moment ane the pleasure of this filthie Stow , Chronicles, The Mercians, an. 749. Momotus When the velocity is the same,. the momentum , or moving force, of bodies is directly proportional to their ma or quantity of matter. When the momenta of two bodies are equal, their velocities will be in the inverse proportion of their quantities of matter. moment anée, OF. moment aine (see moment ane ) = Sp. momentáneo = Pg. It. moment a neo , momentum , a moment: seemo- ment.] 1. Lasting for a moment; momentary. Johnson.-2. Pertaining to instants of time; instantaneous. momentanine t (mō'men-ta-ni-nes), n. [ -ne .] Momentarine . Bp . 2. An impulse; an impelling force; impetus. Hall , Character of Man. momentanył (mo'men-ta-ni), a . [ men tane us : see momentaneous .] Lasting for a moment; momentary. Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream. Shak ., M. N. D., i. 1. 143. Other momentany delights only supple the forehead, not unburthen and solace the heart. Ford , Line of Life. momentarily (mō'men-ta-ri-li), adv . 1. So as to be momentary; for a moment. I repeatedly watched the flowers, and only once saw a humble-bee momentarily alight on one, and then fly away. Darwin, Different Forms of Flowers, p. 84. Lardner , Handbook of Nat. Philos., §§ 195, 199. The rate of ma displacement is momentum , just as the rate of displacement is velocity. Clerk Maxwell , Matter and Motion, art. lxvii. This preponderating weight.. com pleated that mo mentum of ignorance, rashne , presumption, and lust of plunder which nothing has been able to resist. Burke , Rev. in France. He never asks whether the political momentum set up by his measure, in some cases decreasing but in other cases greatly increasing, will or will not have the same general direction with other like momenta. H. Spencer , Man vs. State, p. 26. 3. Constituent or e ential element. Compare moment , 6. I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate propositions. Sir W. Hamilton . 4. In musical notation, an eighth-rest. momie, n. A variant of mummy1. 2. From moment to moment: as, he is momenmomie-cloth, n. See mummy - cloth. tarily expected. Why endow the vegetable bird with wings, which nature has made momentarily dependent upon the soil? Shenstone. ( Latham .) momentarine (mõ'men-ta-ri-nes), n . The state of being momentary. momentary (mo'men-ta-ri), a. [ tarius , of a moment, brief, momentary pang. Jove's lightnings, the precursors O' the dreadful thunder-claps, more momentary And sight-outrunning were not. Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 202. With wings more momentary -swift than thought. Shak ., T. and C., iv. 2. 14. Upon serious consideration of the frailty and uncertainty of this momentary life, 1. do make and declare my last will and testament. Winthrop , Hist. New England, II. 436. His griefs are momentary and his joys immortal. Steele, Spectator, No. 75. 2. Short-lived; likely to die soon or at any moment. [Obsolete or archaic.] Men are the subjects of fortune, and therefore momentarie. Greene, Penelope's Web (1587). Only give it [this paper] leave to tell you that that lord whom perchance the king may be pleased to hear in it is an old and momentary man. Donne , Letters, cxxix. That hour perhaps Is not so far when momentary man Shall seem no more a something to himself. Tennyson, Lucretius. 3. Occurring every moment: as, momentary in terruptions. The due clock swinging slow with sweepy sway, Measuring time's flight with momentary sound. Warton, Inscriptions. momently (mō'ment-li), adv . From moment to moment; every moment. Of tuneful Caves and playful Waterfalls- Of Mountains varying momently their crests- Proud be this Land! Words worth, Glen of Loch Etive. Momently the mortar's iron throat Roared from the trenches. Whittier, Dream of Pio Nono.