momental

English

Etymology

Compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Adjective

momental (comparative more momental, superlative most momental)

  1. (obsolete) Lasting only for a moment; brief.
    • 1611, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania:
      Not one momentall minute doth she swerve
    • 1994, Sandhya, Widowhood: A Socio-psychiatric Study:
      Self-immolation was momental suffering but widowhood was a lifelong
  2. (obsolete) important; momentous
  3. (obsolete, engineering) Of or relating to moment or momentum.
    • 1877, Edward John Routh, An Elementary Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies:
      momental ellipsoid

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “momental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Etymology

From moment +‎ -al.

Adjective

momental m or n (feminine singular momentală, masculine plural momentali, feminine and neuter plural momentale)

  1. temporary

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Adverb

momental

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References
  • momental in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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