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momentum
/ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/
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What does momentum mean?
noun
- Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.
- Strength or force gained by motion or movement.
- The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
More meanings (1)
noun
- The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/
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Consider that as the speed increases, so does the momentum or stored-up force in the mass of the aeroplane become terrific.
And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.
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The bird was not simply gliding, utilizing gravity or acquired momentum, he was actually circling horizontally in defiance of physics and mathematics.
Hence in order to keep up the rotational momentum, which as we have seen must remain constant, the mass must rotate quicker.
Its action is comparable to that of the shell which perforates an armour-plate by the momentum of a force it did not create.