Vocabulary : Molybdena to Momenta

Molybdena : See Molybdenite.
Molybdenite : A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.
Molybdenous : See Molybdous.
Molybdenum : A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.
Molybdic : Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.
Molybdite : Molybdic ocher.
Molybdous : Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.
Mome : A dull, silent person; a blockhead.
Moment : A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment. ;; Impulsive power; force; momentum. ;; Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration. ;; An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance. ;; An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement. ;; Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.
Momenta : of Momentum
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