moment

The moment (lat. Momentum 'movement', 'reason', 'influence') denotes:

• an unspecified - short - time interval
• a compositional technique in music; see moment form
• Moment (image processing) , a measure for the distribution of brightness in images

Mathematics:

• Moment (stochastics) , a measure of a probability distribution
• Moment of area , an integral over area elements

Physics and engineering:

• Moment (technical mechanics) , the cross product of a vector quantity with its position vector
• Torque , cause of bending, torsion and rotational acceleration
  • the restraint moment of a cantilever
  • the bending moment across the axis that bends a beam
  • the torsional moment parallel to the axis that twists a beam
  • the load torque , counter torque
• Momentum , obsolete for angular momentum
• Moment (integration) , special integrals
• the coefficients of a representation of a vector field, see multipole expansion
• Magnetic moment , the strength of a magnetic dipole
• Electric dipole moment , the strength of an electric dipole
• Moment of inertia , the resistance to spin
• the heeling moment of the wind on a sailboat; see heel

See also:

Wiktionary: Moment  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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