Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to a moment.
  • Lasting but a moment; very brief.
  • Momentous.
  • Of or pertaining to momentum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Lasting but a moment; brief.
  • adjective Important; momentous.
  • adjective (Mech.) Of or pertaining to moment or momentum.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Lasting only for a moment; brief.
  • adjective obsolete important; momentous
  • adjective obsolete, engineering Of or relating to moment or momentum.

Etymologies

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Compare Old French momental.

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