noun

• A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• The smallest portion of time; an instant.
• (figurative) Weight or importance.
• (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
• (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
• (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
• (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
• (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
• (Internet slang, derogatory, usually preceded by a noun) An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
• A surname.
• (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force. [(physics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The moment is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between its line of action and the axis of rotation.]