"momentum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ [UK], /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/ [US] Audio: en-us-momentum.ogg Forms: momentums [plural], momenta [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*m(y)ewh₁-}}, {{bor|en|la|mōmentum}} Latin mōmentum, {{doublet|en|moment|movement}} Doublet of moment and movement Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|momenta}} momentum (countable and uncountable, plural momentums or momenta)
  1. (physics) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (product of mass and velocity): زَخَم حَرَكَة (zaḵam ḥaraka) [masculine] (Arabic), импулс (impuls) [masculine] (Bulgarian), impuls [masculine] (Catalan), embranzida [feminine] (Catalan), 動量 /动量 (dòngliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), hybnost [feminine] (Czech), impuls [common-gender] (Danish), bevægelsesmængde [common-gender] (Danish), impuls [masculine] (Dutch), movokvanto (Esperanto), liikemäärä (Finnish), quantité de mouvement (French), მოძრაობის რაოდენობა (moʒraobis raodenoba) (english: Physics) (Georgian), ინერცია (inercia) (english: Physics) (Georgian), მოძრაობის სიჩქარე (moʒraobis sičkare) (english: Physics) (Georgian), იმპულსი (imṗulsi) (english: Physics) (Georgian), Impuls [masculine] (German), ορμή (ormí) [feminine] (Greek), תֶּנַע (téna') [masculine] [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Hebrew), संवेग (samveg) [masculine] (Hindi), lendület (Hungarian), skriðþungi [masculine] (Icelandic), momento (Ido), impuls (Indonesian), momentum (Indonesian), pusa (Indonesian), móiminteam [masculine] (Irish), spinta [feminine] (Italian), impulso [masculine] (Italian), momento [masculine] (Italian), 運動量 (undōryō) (alt: うんどうりょう) (Japanese), 운동량 (undongnyang) (Korean), ആക്കം (ākkaṁ) (Malayalam), സംവേഗം (saṁvēgaṁ) (Malayalam), çhionney [masculine] (Manx), torohaki (Maori), хөдөлгөөний тоо (alt: хэмжээ) (Mongolian), импульс (impulʹs) (Mongolian), تکانه (Persian), pęd [masculine] (Polish), momento [masculine] (Portuguese), и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), коли́чество движе́ния (kolíčestvo dvižénija) [neuter] (Russian), ѝмпулс [Cyrillic, Serbia] (Serbo-Croatian), количѝна ги́ба̄ња [Croatia, Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), (Bosnia)количѝна кре́та̄ња [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ìmpuls [Roman, Serbia] (Serbo-Croatian), količìna gíbānja [Croatia, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), količìna krétānja [Bosnia, Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hybnosť [feminine] (Slovak), cantidad de movimiento (Spanish), ímpetu (Spanish), impulso [masculine] (Spanish), moméntum [masculine] (Spanish), viada (english: Andes) [feminine] (Spanish), aviada [feminine] (Spanish), rörelsemängd [common-gender] (Swedish), dagsa (Tagalog), โมเมนตัม (moo-men-dtâm) (Thai), itki (Turkish), momentum (Turkish), động lượng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-momentum-en-noun-wcz1JJZW Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 23 41 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'product of mass and velocity': 80 19 2
  2. (physics) Strength or force gained by motion or movement. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-momentum-en-noun-OSAbwsZ8 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 23 41 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events): زَخَم (zaḵam) [masculine] (Arabic), тласък (tlasǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), движеща сила (dvižešta sila) [feminine] (Bulgarian), impuls (Catalan), embranzida [feminine] (Catalan), vaart [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), elano (Esperanto), vauhti (Finnish), voima (Finnish), élan (French), იმპულსი (imṗulsi) (Georgian), ბიძგი (biʒgi) (Georgian), მამოძრავებელი ძალა (mamoʒravebeli ʒala) (Georgian), Schwung [masculine] (German), Wucht [feminine] (German), Schwungkraft [feminine] (German), Moment [neuter] (German), slancio [masculine] (Italian), momento [masculine] (Italian), impulso (Italian), impeto (Italian), torohaki (Maori), rozmach (Polish), ímpeto [masculine] (Portuguese), impulso (Portuguese), abrìv [masculine] (Romagnol), и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), толчо́к (tolčók) [masculine] (Russian), дви́жущая си́ла (dvížuščaja síla) [feminine] (Russian), impuls (Serbo-Croatian), impetus (Serbo-Croatian), ímpetu (Spanish), impulso (Spanish), moméntum [masculine] (Spanish), viada (english: Andes) [feminine] (Spanish), aviada [Ecuador, feminine] (Spanish), đà (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-momentum-en-noun-RDOieh8F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romagnol translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 19 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 10 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 7 20 14 1 11 3 2 1 3 5 9 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 7 22 15 0 13 2 1 0 2 3 10 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 31 15 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 16 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 15 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 34 11 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 32 16 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 32 14 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 13 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 30 14 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 12 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 30 13 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 32 14 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 36 23 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 32 14 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 31 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 14 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 32 14 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 32 14 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 18 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 31 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 31 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 13 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 18 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Romagnol translations: 32 14 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 34 14 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 32 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 31 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 15 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 30 14 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 32 13 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 31 15 54 Disambiguation of 'impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events': 28 3 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: angular momentum, crystal momentum, four-momentum, gain momentum, -mentum, Planck momentum, pseudomomentum, quasimomentum Related terms: wind at one's back

Inflected forms

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          "word": "liikemäärä"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moʒraobis raodenoba",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "მოძრაობის რაოდენობა"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "roman": "moʒraobis sičkare",
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          "word": "Impuls"
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
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          "word": "skriðþungi"
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "momentum"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "pusa"
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
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          "word": "móiminteam"
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spinta"
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
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          "word": "impulso"
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
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          "word": "momento"
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          "alt": "うんどうりょう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "運動量"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "undongnyang",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "운동량"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ākkaṁ",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "ആക്കം"
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "saṁvēgaṁ",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "സംവേഗം"
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          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
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          "word": "çhionney"
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          "_dis1": "80 19 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "torohaki"
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          "alt": "хэмжээ",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "хөдөлгөөний тоо"
        },
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "impulʹs",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "импульс"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "word": "تکانه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pęd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "momento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ímpulʹs",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "и́мпульс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kolíčestvo dvižénija",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "коли́чество движе́ния"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 19 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "product of mass and velocity",
          "tags": [
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tlasǎk",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тласък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvižešta sila",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "движеща сила"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "impuls"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "embranzida"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaart"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "elano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "vauhti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "voima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "élan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "imṗulsi",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "იმპულსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "biʒgi",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "ბიძგი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mamoʒravebeli ʒala",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "მამოძრავებელი ძალა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwungkraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Moment"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slancio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "momento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "impulso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "impeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "torohaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "rozmach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ímpeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "impulso"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abrìv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ímpulʹs",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́мпульс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tolčók",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "толчо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvížuščaja síla",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дви́жущая си́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "impuls"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "impetus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "ímpetu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "impulso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moméntum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Andes",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aviada"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events",
      "word": "đà"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "momentum"
  ],
  "word": "momentum"
}

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