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"Moments" origin

10/16/2008 12:50 PM

Anyone know the origin/history of the engineering term "Moment/s"? Is it fathered by Archimedes? I'm not looking for a definition, just curious about the word itself, and how it came to be used in engineering/physics.

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10/16/2008 2:50 PM

Good Q...I've often thought the term was slightly bonkers.
When I was a kid and we were allowed to do some baking the recipe book had some biscuits (cookies) called 'melting moments', still got the book.
This has caused me endless confusion.

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10/16/2008 2:54 PM

yum, now thats a moment i'd love to sink my teeth into.

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10/16/2008 5:11 PM

I wonder if the origin has something to do with momentum ? Or is from the same root?

BTW. I leave off the glacé cherries .

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10/16/2008 5:16 PM

You might be onto something with momentum. I got to thinking about the cherries... it's most likely a good thing you leave em off, they must compliment the apearance of the cookie, while leaving something to be desired in that flavor department. But hey, I've never tried the recipe, so how would i know.

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10/16/2008 6:28 PM

Hot dog! I knew being an OF was good for something - I always knew someday I'd meet somebody that wanted to talk Latin. Moment comes from momentum - literally to move, and that's what moments tend to cause.

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10/17/2008 3:17 AM

"Every couple has its moment" ♥

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10/17/2008 10:30 AM

Shouldn't that be, "Every couple have their moment?"

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10/21/2008 6:29 AM

The noun "couple", though referring to two people in the suggested context, is singular (i.e. one couple). The noun needs to agree with the singular possessive pronoun "its" and the singular third person present tense verb "has" in English.

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