momental
English
Etymology
Compare Old French momental.
Adjective
momental (comparative more momental, superlative most momental)
- (obsolete) Lasting only for a moment; brief.
- 1611, Nathaniel Baxter, Sir Philip Sydneys Ourania:
- Not one momentall minute doth she swerve
- 1994, Sandhya, Widowhood: A Socio-psychiatric Study
- Self-immolation was momental suffering but widowhood was a lifelong
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- (obsolete) important; momentous
- (obsolete, engineering) Of or relating to moment or momentum.
- 1877, Edward John Routh, An Elementary Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies:
- momental ellipsoid
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for momental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Romanian
Adjective
momental m or n (feminine singular momentală, masculine plural momentali, feminine and neuter plural momentale)
Declension
Declension of momental
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | momental | momentală | momentali | momentale | ||
| definite | momentalul | momentala | momentalii | momentalele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | momental | momentale | momentali | momentale | ||
| definite | momentalului | momentalei | momentalilor | momentalelor | |||
Adverb
momental
References
- momental in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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