Mo (chem)

Molybdenum

mo¹ /mō/ (archaic)

1. More
2. (also (obsolete) moe, (Scot) mae /mā/) more (in number, not quantity)

MO

1. Magneto-optical (computing)
2. Medical Officer
3. Missouri (US state; also Mo.)
4. Modus operandi
5. Money order

-mo /-mō/

The final syllable of certain Latin ordinal numbers, used in composition with English cardinal numbers to denote the number of leaves in a gathering of a book (see twelvemo under twelve and sixteenmo under sixteen)

mo.

Month

moment /mōˈmənt/

1. A point of time
2. A time so short that it may be considered as a point
3. A very short time (informal abbrev mo)
4. A second
5. A precise instant
6. The present, or the right, instant
7. Moving cause or motive (Shakespeare)
8. Importance, consequence
9. An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity (mathematics; obsolete)
10. A stage or turning point
11. An element or factor (as in psychological moment, rightly used)
12. A measure of turning effect (the moment of a force about a point is the product of the force and the perpendicular on its line of action from the point)

momentānˈeous adjective

1. Momentary
2. Instantaneous

moˈmentany adjective (Shakespeare)

Momentary

moˈmentarily (or /-terˈə-lē/) adverb

1. For a moment
2. Every moment
3. At any moment (N American)

moˈmentariness noun

moˈmentary adjective

1. Lasting for a moment
2. Short-lived

moˈmently adverb

1. Every moment
2. For a moment

1. Occurring every moment
2. Of a moment

momentous /-mentˈ/ adjective

Of great consequence

momentˈously adverb

momentˈousness noun

moment of inertia noun (physics)

A quantity representing the resistance of a body to a force that causes it to rotate about its axis

moment of truth noun

1. The climax of a bullfight
2. A moment when, suddenly and dramatically, one is face to face with stark reality, often a testing moment (figurative)

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