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the smallest unit of time you'll spend years trying to get back
means A very brief, indefinite period of time — or a particular point in time, sometimes one of special importance.
from From Latin 'momentum,' meaning a movement, motion, or — crucially — the tiny tipping motion of a balance scale, the smallest weight that makes the pans shift. 'Momentum' itself contracted from 'movimentum,' from 'movere,' to move. So a moment was originally the instant the scale tipped: time measured as the smallest noticeable shift. The same word later branched off into 'momentum' in physics, where it kept the sense of motion, while 'moment' kept the sense of the flicker of time in which that motion happens.
- medieval unit
- a moment once meant exactly 90 seconds
- physics term
- moment also means a force's twisting power
- present tense
- the only one you can actually live in
- latin root
- from momentum, a movement or tiny shift
neil armstrong moon landing — first human step on moon, july 20 1969, apollo 11
berlin wall falls — east german citizens breach wall, november 9 1989, end of cold war
titanic sinks — ship hits iceberg and goes down, april 15 1912, 1500+ deaths
jfk assassination — president shot in dallas, november 22 1963, changed american politics