central moment

American  

noun

Statistics.

1. a moment about the center of a distribution, usually the mean.

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Example Sentences

A February report from the Southern Poverty Law Center identified the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting as a central moment in the Confederate flag debate.

From Seattle Times

Its central moment, in which a mother looking out the kitchen window sees her young daughter fall through a hole in the seemingly solid earth, haunted me.

From New York Times

At one central moment, she folds forward over onto the floor as if in obeisance.

From New York Times

A central moment in the score is the opening sequence, which cuts between Nate in action on the streets of Moscow and Dominika dancing onstage in a ballet.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the central moment, among so many, in this game was the emotional swing in the ninth.

From Washington Post