“Moment of”

The following 6 entries include the term Moment of.

moment of inertia

noun phrase

: a measure of the resistance of a body to angular acceleration about a given axis that is equal to the sum of the products of each element of mass in the body and the square of the element's distance from the axis

moment of truth

noun phrase

: the final sword thrust in a bullfight

moment of a couple

: the product of either of the forces of a couple by the perpendicular distance between them

moment of a force

: the product of the distance from the point to the point of application of the force and the component of the force perpendicular to the line of the distance

moment of momentum

moment of silence

noun phrase

: a short period of silent thought or prayer


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