This feels like moments before Autumn arrives. But that could not be the case as "Moments Before" is a term used for photos of people in their moments before death. And we aren't about to embark on a haunting tale of how summer ended the planet.
This seems to be another expression usurped by google search. That's likely because it is compelling to click, rather than being the most common usage of a term.
Moment turns out to be used in so many idiomatic expressions as well as being a scientific term in physics, engineering, mathematics and so on.
It is one of our time expressions - defined with respect to a fixed reference point. Archimedes' discovery of the operating principle of the lever is its starting point in the sciences. The evolution of the term 'moment' in the difference branches of science is unclear.
Wikipedia explains moment in mathematics: "In mathematics, a moment is a specific quantitative measure of the shape of a function. It is used in both mechanics and statistics. If the function represents physical density, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia." It is clear to me I have little knowledge of mathematics when I read this.
Looking at the idiomatic expressions, there's a great selection of terms:
Kodak moment
live for the moment
magic moment
man of the moment
moment of truth
moment of weakness
never a dull moment
not a moment to spare
not a moment too soon
not for a moment
We can go to Kodak Moments - they are alive and well and publish a photo of the day called Kodak Moments. All the pictures seem to involve people (ok there's one of two dogs).
Taking pictures of Koi fish is capturing them in 'the moment' - where there is beauty in the way they curve, etc. What do you think of this Koi, with its little black marks that seem to say '12'.
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