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momentum |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Momentum \Mo*men"tum\, n.; pl L. {Momenta}, F. {Momentums}. [L. See {Moment}.] 1. (Mech.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: momentum n 1: an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road" [syn: {impulse}] 2: the product of a body's mass and its velocity; "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"
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