momentum
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5.9
- noun
- /məˈmɛn.təm/
- Specialized
:
cantidad de movimiento
- Texas on the 40-yard line with the ball and with the game's momentum.
- angular momentum
- momentum and energy
- momentum transfer
So how would we control the momentum of an electron?
- So how would we control the momentum of an electron?
- And so the ball has has what we call linear momentum.
- But it's hard to get the mass and the AM momentum.
Examples
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Programs for gifted and academically talented students are gaining momentum in most states.
Academic text (1990) -
In a game of soccer, the team's momentum shifted dramatically after they scored the first goal.
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Does it change the momentum of the system?
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The final question asked participants whether they had positive momentum, no momentum, or negative momentum heading into the next game.
Academic text (2008) -
Now all that momentum's gotta go somewhere.
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I hit the water so slowly I didn't impart much momentum to it.
Fiction book (1990) -
The pilot shut the turbine engine down, and the rotors began to lose momentum.
Fiction book (2001) -
Once the campaign against the cartel acquires real momentum, fence-sitters should be reminded of this basic fact of life.
Academic text (1991) -
As the train picked up speed, its momentum increased, making it difficult to stop quickly.
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The rocket gained momentum as it launched, soaring higher into the sky.
Compounds
- Specialized
3
7.2
The amount a spinning object has that makes it keep turning around an axis
- Specialized
2
4.8
Total momentum of a group of objects with no outside force stays the same
Surface Forms
Etymology
Momentum comes from a Latin word meaning 'movement' and is related to move and motion. So in physics, momentum is the 'amount of movement' something has, which is why it is mass times speed.