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  • English Word Molybdate Definition A salt of molybdic acid.
  • English Word Molybdena Definition See Molybdenite.
  • English Word Molybdenite Definition A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.
  • English Word Molybdenous Definition See Molybdous.
  • English Word Molybdenum Definition A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.
  • English Word Molybdic Definition Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.
  • English Word Molybdite Definition Molybdic ocher.
  • English Word Molybdous Definition Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.
  • English Word Mome Definition A dull, silent person; a blockhead.
  • English Word Moment Definition A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.
  • English Word Moment Definition Impulsive power; force; momentum.
  • English Word Moment Definition Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
  • English Word Moment Definition An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
  • English Word Moment Definition An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
  • English Word Moment Definition Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.
  • English Word Momenta Definition of Momentum
  • English Word Momental Definition Lasting but a moment; brief.
  • English Word Momental Definition Important; momentous.
  • English Word Momental Definition Of or pertaining to moment or momentum.
  • English Word Momentally Definition For a moment.
  • English Word Momentaneous Definition Alt. of Momentany
  • English Word Momentany Definition Momentary.
  • English Word Momentarily Definition Every moment; from moment to moment.
  • English Word Momentariness Definition The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.
  • English Word Momentary Definition Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.
  • English Word Momently Definition For a moment.
  • English Word Momently Definition In a moment; every moment; momentarily.
  • English Word Momentous Definition Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.
  • English Word Momentum Definition The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
  • English Word Momentum Definition Essential element, or constituent element.