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momental, a.|məʊˈmɛntəl|
[a. F. momental, ad. late L. *mōmentāl-is (implied in mōmentāliter, adv.) f. mōmentum: see moment n. and -al1.]
†1. Having only the duration of a moment; momentary. Obs.
1606Breton Sidney's Ourania D, Not one momentall minute doth she swerue. 1632Lithgow Trav. iv. 133 Mahomet the second..liuing in a discontented humour, to behold..this famous Citie, that so flourished in his eyes, by momentall circumstances, collected his cruel intentions, to the full height of ambition. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. v. 240 For holding no dependence on any preceding efficient but God, in the act of his production there may be conceived some connexion, and Adam to have been in a momentall Navell with his Maker.
†2. ‘Important; valuable; of moment’. Obs.
1818in Todd, but with quot. 1606 as in sense 1 above.
3. Math. Of or pertaining to momentum, esp. in momental ellipse, momental ellipsoid.
1877B. Williamson Integr. Calculus (ed. 2) x. §207 The boundary of an elliptical lamina may be regarded as the momental ellipse of the lamina. |