Momentum
[mə'mentəm] or [mo'mɛntəm]
Definition
(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'.
Typed by Carlyle--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Tracy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [L.] Impetus.
Checker: Max
Examples
- It was one of the great forces of nature, which we call gravitation, and the force which kept it in motion we call momentum. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- 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. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was too late, however, for we were rapidly gathering momentum, and an instant later had shot clear of the station. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- 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. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But gravitation overcame momentum. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I could see the brush, but even with my momentum and swimming as hard as I could, the current was taking me away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was thus made impossible for either dial to go by momentum beyond its limit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But before this extreme is reached, the momentum of the revolving balance carries the roller pin entirely out of the fork. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Stephen