Momentum
[mə'mentəm] or [mo'mɛntəm]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
卡莱尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [L.] Impetus.
編輯:马克斯
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- It was too late, however, for we were rapidly gathering momentum, and an instant later had shot clear of the station. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- But gravitation overcame momentum. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I could see the brush, but even with my momentum and swimming as hard as I could, the current was taking me away. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- It was thus made impossible for either dial to go by momentum beyond its limit. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But before this extreme is reached, the momentum of the revolving balance carries the roller pin entirely out of the fork. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
手打:斯蒂芬