moment
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- noun
- /ˈmoʊmənt/
- Specialized
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momento
- So let's calculate these first two moments explicitly for this potential.
- Pearson product-moment
- product-moment
- first moment
To do something else, fill the general up with data as moments against time.
- To do something else, fill the general up with data as moments against time.
Examples
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To prove this, we appeal to the method of moments, first introduced by Pearson.
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Results of the LME models for spectral moments are given in Table 3.
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to the set of the first D moments, right?
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Actually you would express this moment as simply as a power.
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So, so we're going to take the moment of this equation with respect to O.
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Table 2 presents descriptive statistics for the four moments at b, m, e windows.
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In addition, Pearson product-moment correlations were calculated to explore the relations among speech and pressure measures.
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Pearson product moment correlation between the two raters for writing quality scores was .85.
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Several significant Pearson product-moment correlations were found between intensity factors and children's intelligence test scores.
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In statistics, the first moment is the average of all data points relative to their mean, which helps summarize the data.
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
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A short time when an older person forgets something or becomes confused
- Informal
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A time when someone faces a hard truth and decides to change what they do
- Specialized
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The average of a set of numbers that you get by adding them and dividing by how many there are
- Specialized
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A number showing how hard it is to change an object's spin based on how its mass is spread
- Informal
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A time when someone must succeed or they will fail under great pressure
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A short time when people feel strong emotion and say or do things without thinking
- Specialized
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A measure of how far positive and negative charges are separated in a molecule
- Specialized
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A measure of how strongly something turns near a magnet and which way it points
- Slang
A very fun time that a group of friends enjoy, often when men are together
- Slang
A brief awkward or funny moment that leaves you surprised and unable to believe it
- Specialized
Amount that shows how far positive and negative electric charges are separated, equal to charge size times distance
- NSFW
A scene added to a show to please fans by showing something attractive or exciting
- Literature
A sudden memory from a smell or sound that makes you feel as if you are back in the past
- Specialized
A number that shows how strongly and which way something acts like a tiny magnet
- Specialized
A turning effect that two equal opposite forces make when they are apart
- Specialized
A measure of how strongly and in what direction a magnet turns in a magnetic field
- Archaic
A short time when a person is very confused and not thinking clearly
- Specialized
A number that shows how strong and in which direction a straight link between two things is
- Literature
An embarrassing public remark that causes bad publicity for a person or company
- Specialized
A number from -1 to 1 that shows the strength and direction of a straight-line connection between two things
- Literature
A moment when someone feels very pleased with themselves and ignores other views
- Specialized
The average of the squares of numbers that shows how spread out they are
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word moment in mathematics and statistics comes from Latin momentum meaning 'movement' and became a number that shows how values 'move' or spread around the average. So, for example, the second moment tells how much numbers spread from the average, which helps describe the shape of the data.