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Definition of Momentum

1. Noun. An impelling force or strength. "The car's momentum carried it off the road"

2. Noun. The product of a body's mass and its velocity. "The momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"

Definition of Momentum

1. n. The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.

Definition of Momentum

1. Noun. (physics) (of a body in motion) the product of its mass and velocity. ¹

2. Noun. The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events. (i.e: a moment) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Momentum

1. force of movement [n -TA or -TUMS]

Medical Definition of Momentum

1. 1. The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus. 2. Essential element, or constituent element. "I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate propositions." (Sir W. Hamilton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Momentum

momentarinesses momentary momentary god momentary gods momently momento momentoes momentos momentous momentously

momentousness momentousnesses moments moments of force moments of truth momentum (current term) momentumless momentums momes momi

momic momics momier momiers momism momisms momist momists momma momma's boy

Literary usage of Momentum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanics: A Textbook for Engineers by James Ellsworth Boyd (1921)
"momentum AND IMPULSE 229. momentum.—The product of the mass of a body ... momentum = mv. (1) Since velocity is a vector quantity and mass is a scalar ..."

2. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"The momentum of a particle frequently is called linear momentum in contrast with the moment of momentum of the particle which is called angular momentum. ..."

3. The Elementary Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid by Edward John Routh (1905)
"Angular momentum. As we shall have so frequently to use the equation formed by taking moments, it is important to consider other forms into which it may be ..."

4. A Manual of Applied Mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine (1904)
"(Resultant momentum has.been defined in Article 524.) Every fonce is a pair of equal and opposite actions between a pair of bodies; iu any given interval of ..."

5. Elements of Dynamic: An Introduction to the Study of Motion and Rest in by William Kingdon Clifford (1887)
"ROTOR PART OF momentum. When we resolve the momentum of every particle of a body into a parallel momentum through the origin, together with a moment of ..."

6. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"The momentum of a body is its quantity of motion, and is as the product of ... The quantity of motion, or momentum, of each particle evidently depends on ..."

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