Academic disciplines are classified in many ways. Codification is one way in which the disciplineâs body of knowledge is unified into theories. Another way is paradigm development in which there is agreement on the defining, ordering, and investigation of knowledge. Physics is an example of this classification.
Confidence votes 70. A moment can be anywhere from a few seconds, up to a minute. Generally, a moment is defined as a point in time lasting from 1-3 seconds. In Old English, a moment was an exact measurement of time being 1.5 seconds or 1/40th of one minute.
The center of moments could be point C, but could also be points A or B or D. Moment about C. The moment arm for calculating the moment around point C is 12 inches. The magnitude of the moment about point C is 12 inches multiplied by the force of 100 lbs to give a total moment of 1200 inch-lbs (or 100 ft-lbs).