Thesaurus: momentum

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1. n. The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
2. n. Essential element, or constituent element.
3. n. an impelling force or strength
4. n. the product of a body's mass and its velocity
5. 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.
6. The quantity of motion in a moving body, being alwaysproportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity;impetus.
7. n:100 n. an impelling force or strength n. the product of a body's mass and its velocity