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moment vs second moment

second moment vs moment

moment and second moment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
moment Yes No No No
second moment Yes No No No
As nouns, second moment is a hyponym of moment; that is, second moment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than moment:
  • moment: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
  • second moment: the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin
Other hyponyms of moment include variance.
moment (noun) second moment (noun)
having important effects or influence the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin
the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
a particular point in time
an indefinitely short time
at this time
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