momental
English
Etymology
From moment + -al.[1] Compare Old French momental.
Adjective
momental (comparative more momental, superlative most momental)
- (obsolete) Lasting only for a moment; brief.
- 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:
- Not one momentall minute doth ſhe ſwerue, […]
- 1994, Sandhya, Widowhood: A Socio-psychiatric Study:
- Self-immolation was momental suffering but widowhood was a lifelong
- (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
Derived terms
References
- ^ “momental, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “momental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
momental m or n (feminine singular momentală, masculine plural momentali, feminine and neuter plural momentale)
Declension
| 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
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References
- momental in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN