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momental

momental adjective: lasting only for a moment; brief.

Adjective

momental (comparative more momental, superlative most momental)

  1. (obsolete) Lasting only for a moment; brief.
    • Not one momentall minute doth ſhe ſwerue, […]1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature D, recto
    • Self-immolation was momental suffering but widowhood was a lifelong1994, Sandhya, Widowhood: A Socio-psychiatric Study
  2. (obsolete) important; momentous
  3. (obsolete) Of or relating to moment or momentum.
    • momental ellipsoid1877, Edward John Routh, An Elementary Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies

Forms of momental

comparativemore momental
superlativemost momental

Origin of momental

From moment + -al. Compare Old French momental.

Words formed from momental

Questions about momental

What does momental mean?
Momental means lasting only for a moment; brief.
What part of speech is momental?
Momental is an adjective.

Words near momental in the dictionary

  1. moment of silence
  2. moment of truth
  3. moment-generating function
  4. moment-generating functions
  5. momenta
  6. momental
  7. momentally
  8. momentane
  9. momentaneal
  10. momentaneall
  11. momentaneity

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