momento — meaning in English
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English meaning
- instant adj Happening right away, with no delay.
- jiffy noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
- 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.
- momentum noun In physics, a measure of a moving object's motion, calculated as its mass multiplied by its velocity.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
Senses
momento is used for these senses in English:
- instant A very short period of time; a moment.
- jiffy (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
- minute (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- moment (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- point A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
instant — full definition
- adj Happening right away, with no delay.
- adj Quick and easy to prepare, especially food or drink made by just adding water.
- noun A single very short moment in time.
jiffy — full definition
- noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
- noun A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
- noun The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
- noun The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.