ETYM French instant, from Latin instans standing by, being near, present. Related to Instant.
A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated or measured; also, any particular moment; SYN. moment, flash, second.

ETYM French moment, Latin momentum, for movimentum movement, motion, moment, from movere to move. Related to Move, Momentum, Movement.
1. A particular point in time; SYN. minute, second, instant.
2. An indefinitely short time; SYN. minute, second, bit.
3. The moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces.
4. The n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value. + prikaži više

Basic si unit (symbol sec or s) of time, one-sixtieth of a minute. It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of regulation (periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state) of the cesium-133 isotope. In mathematics, the second is a unit (symbol ˛) of angular measurement, equaling one-sixtieth of a minute, which in turn is one-sixtieth of a degree.
1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systčme International d'Unités; SYN. sec.
2. A 60th part of a minute of arc; SYN. arcsecond.
3. Following the first in an ordering or series:
4. The official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match.
5. An endorsement of a motion, in parliamentary procedure; SYN. endorsement, approval. + prikaži više

ETYM French, from Latin secundus second, properly, following, from sequi to follow. Related to Sue to follow, and cf. Secund.
1. Coming next after first.
2. Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude; SYN. 2nd, 2d.
3. (Music) A part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first.
4. Having the second highest gear ratio. + prikaži više