Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
Special attention or prominence given to something.
The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
Weight or importance.
A fit; a brief tantrum.
The smallest portion of time; an instant.
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
A petit mal episode; such a spell.
(As in "X moment") An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.