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Definition of First moment
1. Noun. The sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values.
Category relationships: Statistics
Generic synonyms: Mean, Mean Value
Lexicographical Neighbors of First Moment
Literary usage of First moment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"This moment of a volume, mass, etc., is called the first moment when it is desired
to distinguish it from the moment of inertia (or second moment) of the ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"He declared that the immunity of Mary from original sin in the first moment of
the creation of her soul and its infusion into the body was the object of the ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"These wide- reaching and deep-seated results began to be felt from the first
moment when the Darwinian principle was definitely promulgated in the "Origin ..."
4. Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of Malmesbury by James Harris Malmesbury (1844)
"The diligence and accuracy with which you conduct the King's business, convince
me I shall receive it from you the first moment you are able to obtain it. ..."
5. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"But if I repeat this now it is to keep you awake to the earnest solicitations I
make of returning in the first moment you may think it practicable; ..."
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