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It's interesting that there is an article for this, and that it matches other info I just googled. However, I think modern usage of "moment" can mean anything between something like 5 seconds to 5 minutes. It really seems to mean "I don't know how long this will take and I'll get back to you whenever."
Autumn Wind (
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15:16, 4 October 2022 (UTC)reply
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Support, as the understanding of a "moment" in time has changed since the medieval definition (which approximates to 90 seconds). "Instant" has really no descriptor in measuring time, it remains infinitely small as to time.
Randy Kryn (
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14:42, 28 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Support move to
Moment (unit). I agree that "medieval" doesn't seem to be necessary. Although many physical quantities share the name "moment", I haven't found any other units that share the name. In addition to the modern sense being ambiguous with
instant, "moment" (as in "at the moment") is also ambiguous with
present. –
Scyrme (
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21:21, 28 March 2023 (UTC)reply
(medieval unit) seems more accurate as it set the definition of "moment" at about 90 seconds which, I don't know, is it still the standard? If the descriptor becomes (unit) then it seems to be presenting and choosing 90 seconds as the only base descriptor.
Randy Kryn (
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03:14, 29 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Hello
BD2412,
Scyrme, and
Rreagan007. This is a sticky wicket. Wikipedia probably shouldn't officially define 'Moment' as 90 seconds, which is what would be assumed by a simple (unit) designation and not referring to the page historically (medieval unit). A moment is not now defined as app. 90 seconds, and is more generally comparable to 'instant' and other lesser time periods. Adhering to brevity guidelines doesn't seem to be applicable in this case, as this is a historical and not a present-time definition. For much less confusion and accuracy of topic (medieval unit) as originally suggested by
Pppery seems the best work-around.
Randy Kryn (
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14:23, 30 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Using "unit" as a disambiguator wouldn't mean that Wikipedia is defining it as 90 seconds. The purpose of a disambiguator isn't to define a topic, it's to distinguish it from other topics that share the same title (such as
Moment (physics) and
Moment (magazine)). There are no other articles for units of measurement that use this title, so "unit" is sufficient to distinguish the scope of this article from the scope of other articles. Adding "medieval" is more
precise than is needed to achieve disambiguation.
Instant is not a unit of measurement so there would be no confusion with the modern understanding. –
Scyrme (
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15:22, 30 March 2023 (UTC)reply
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