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momentum
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noun (n)
- an impelling force or strength(noun.attribute)Example:
The car's momentum carried it off the road.
source: wordnet30 - the product of a body's mass and its velocity(noun.attribute)Example:
The momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities.
source: wordnet30 - The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.(noun)source: webster1913