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Lasting but a moment; brief. Not one momental minute doth she swerve. Breton.

For a moment. [Obs.]

Momentary. [Obs.] Hooker. "Momentany as a sound." Shak.

Every moment; from moment to moment. Shenstone.

The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.

Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang. This momentary joy breeds months of pain. Shak.

For a moment.

Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs. -- Mo*men"tous*ly, adv. -- Mo*men"tous*ness, n.

The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.

A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.

See Mummery. Rowe.

See Motmot.

The god of mockery and censure.

Same as Mono-.

A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.

Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.

The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

ydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid; -- said of bases, and of certain metals.

One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.

The Infusoria.