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Momental
(Mo*men"tal) a. [Cf. OF. momental.] [Obs.]
1. Lasting but a moment; brief.
Not one momental minute doth she swerve.
Breton. 2. Important; momentous.
3. (Mech.) Of or pertaining to moment or momentum.
Momentally
(Mo*men"tal*ly), adv. For a moment. [Obs.]
Momentaneous
(Mo`men*ta"ne*ous Mo"men*ta*ny) a. [L. momentaneus: cf. F. momentané.] Momentary.
[Obs.] Hooker. "Momentany as a sound." Shak.
Momentarily
(Mo"men*ta*ri*ly) adv. Every moment; from moment to moment. Shenstone.
Momentariness
(Mo"men*ta*ri*ness), n. The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.
Momentary
(Mo"men*ta*ry) a. [L. momentarius. See Moment.] Done in a moment; continuing only a
moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.
This momentary joy breeds months of pain.
Shak. Momently
(Mo"ment*ly) adv.
1. For a moment.
2. In a moment; every moment; momentarily.
Momentous
(Mo*men"tous) a. [Cf. L. momentosus rapid, momentary.] Of moment or consequence; very
important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs. — Mo*men"tous*ly, adv. — Mo*men"tous*ness,
n.
Momentum
(Mo*men"tum) n.; pl. L. Momenta F. Momentums [L. See Moment.]
1. (Mech.) The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter
multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
2. Essential element, or constituent element.
I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate propositions.
Sir W. Hamilton. Momier
(Mom"i*er) n. [F. mômier, fr. OF. momer, mommer, to mumm, to mask one's self.] A name
given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early
part of the 19th century.
Mommery
(Mom"mer*y) n. See Mummery. Rowe.
Momot
(Mo"mot) n. [Momot and motmot, the native American name.] (Zoöl.) See Motmot.
Momus
(||Mo"mus) n. [Gr. blame, ridicule, Momus.] (Gr. Myth.) The god of mockery and censure.
Mon-
(Mon-) Same as Mono-.
Mona
(||Mo"na) n. [CF. Sp. & Pg. mona, fem. of mono a monkey, ape.] (Zoöl.) A small, handsome,
long-tailed West American monkey The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.
