climax, culmination - the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

point in time, point - an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"

eleventh hour, last minute - the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"

moment of truth - a crucial moment on which much depends

moment of truth - the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull

pinpoint - a very brief moment; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together"

time - a suitable moment; "it is time to go"

psychological moment - the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect

time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"

instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

nowadays, present - the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"

matter - (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"

significance - the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

hell to pay - dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

couple - something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"

dipole moment - the moment of a dipole

statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

statistic - a datum that can be represented numerically

second moment - the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin

variance - the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value