Momentum
[mə'mentəm] or [mo'mɛntəm]
解释:
(noun.) the product of a body's mass and its velocity; 'the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities'.
(noun.) an impelling force or strength; 'the car's momentum carried it off the road'.
卡莱尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
(n.) Essential element, or constituent element.
整理:特蕾西
同义词及近义词：
n. [L.] Impetus.
编辑:马克斯
例句:
- It was one of the great forces of nature, which we call gravitation, and the force which kept it in motion we call momentum. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- On the opening of the stop-cock the water was given a quick momentum, and on closing the cock water was forced by the continuing momentum through another pipe into an air chamber. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- It was too late, however, for we were rapidly gathering momentum, and an instant later had shot clear of the station. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The air pressure served to overcome the momentum and to close the chamber and at the same time forced the water received into the air chamber up an adjacent pipe. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- But gravitation overcame momentum. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I could see the brush, but even with my momentum and swimming as hard as I could, the current was taking me away. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- It was thus made impossible for either dial to go by momentum beyond its limit. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But before this extreme is reached, the momentum of the revolving balance carries the roller pin entirely out of the fork. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
手打:斯蒂芬