momentum
Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motionOf 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.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Impuls
и́мпульсímpulʹs, коли́чество движе́нияkolíčestvo dvižénija
the product of a body's mass and its velocity
(countable, uncountable)Strength or force gained by motion or movement.
an impelling force or strength
(countable, uncountable)The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
Schwung, Wucht, Schwungkraft
и́мпульсímpulʹs, толчо́кtolčók, дви́жущая си́лаdvížuščaja síla
(countable, uncountable)The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.
Examples
23 sentencesThe momentum was gone.
ruИмпульс пропал. — Ivanovb
We've lost some momentum.
We felt the momentum.
Their relationship really started gaining momentum.
William was quickly losing his momentum.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.Borrowed from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.
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Forms
plural: momentums / momentaSynonyms
1 synonyms- an impelling force or strength:impulse
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.