στιγμή — meaning in English

English meaning

• Dot noun A small, round mark or spot.
• instant adj Happening right away, with no delay.
• minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
• moment noun A very short period of time, or a particular point in time.
• point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
• second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.

Senses

στιγμή is used for these senses in English:

• dot (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
• minute (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
• point A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
• second A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
• second (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.

Dot — full definition

1. noun A small, round mark or spot.
2. verb To mark with a dot, or to scatter things across an area.

instant — full definition

1. adj Happening right away, with no delay.
2. adj Quick and easy to prepare, especially food or drink made by just adding water.
3. noun A single very short moment in time.

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