"momentum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /moːˈmen.tum/ [Classical-Latin], [moːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /moˈmen.tum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [moˈmɛn̪t̪um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From *movimentum (compare later Medieval Latin movimentum), from Proto-Italic *mowementom. Equivalent to moveō (“move, set in motion; excite”) + -mentum (“suffix used to forming nouns from verbs”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ML.|movimentum}} Medieval Latin movimentum, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*mowementom}} Proto-Italic *mowementom Head templates: {{la-noun|mōmentum<2>}} mōmentum n (genitive mōmentī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mōmentum<2>}} Forms: mōmentum [canonical, neuter], mōmentī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mōmentum [nominative, singular], mōmenta [nominative, plural], mōmentī [genitive, singular], mōmentōrum [genitive, plural], mōmentō [dative, singular], mōmentīs [dative, plural], mōmentum [accusative, singular], mōmenta [accusative, plural], mōmentō [ablative, singular], mōmentīs [ablative, plural], mōmentum [singular, vocative], mōmenta [plural, vocative]
  1. movement, motion, impulse; course Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun-NBx1ptr3
  2. change, revolution, movement, disturbance Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun-26sGsHK~
  3. particle, part, point Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun-1MuKfntN
  4. (of time) brief space, moment (in time), short time Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: vestīgium
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun-O2NVMqPy Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 8 8 9 20 15 13 14 11
  5. cause, circumstance Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun-agYi0SJI
  6. weight, influence, importance Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: importantia, gravitās, pondus, opportūnitās
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun-bzZApBY1 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 13 4 8 5 26 14 14
  7. (New Latin, physics) momentum, quantity of motion Tags: New-Latin, declension-2 Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun-uFtXfh4q Categories (other): New Latin Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  8. (New Latin, physics, mechanics) moment (product of a distance and physical quantity) Tags: New-Latin, declension-2 Categories (topical): Mechanics, Physics
    Sense id: en-momentum-la-noun--mI-leRE Categories (other): New Latin Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mōmentāliter, mōmentāna, mōmentāneus, mōmentārius, mōmentōsus
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      "text": "Portuguese: momento"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: mument, mumaint"
    },
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      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: mòmaid"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Spanish: momento",
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "form": "mōmentī",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mōmentō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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          "space",
          "space"
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          "moment",
          "moment"
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        [
          "short",
          "short"
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        [
          "time",
          "time"
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        "(of time) brief space, moment (in time), short time"
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          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "english": "to have importance, to exercise influence",
          "text": "mōmentum facere/habere",
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          "english": "most important",
          "text": "maximē mōmentī",
          "type": "example"
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          "word": "importantia"
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        {
          "word": "gravitās"
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        {
          "word": "pondus"
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        {
          "word": "opportūnitās"
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          "orig": "la:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "declension-2"
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        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "topical",
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            "Sciences",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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      "id": "en-momentum-la-noun--mI-leRE",
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        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
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        [
          "mechanics",
          "mechanics"
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        "(New Latin, physics, mechanics) moment (product of a distance and physical quantity)"
      ],
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        "New-Latin",
        "declension-2"
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        "engineering",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "mechanics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moːˈmen.tum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈmen.tum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈmɛn̪t̪um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "momentum"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "mōmentāliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "mōmentāna"
    },
    {
      "word": "mōmentāneus"
    },
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      "word": "mōmentārius"
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      "word": "mōmentōsus"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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      "text": "→ English: momentum"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "Moment"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Moment",
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      "depth": 1,
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "momento"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: momento",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: momento"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "mument",
            "3": "mumënt"
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          "expansion": "Ladin: mument, mumënt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: mument, mumënt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "moment"
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      "text": "Old French: moment"
    },
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: moment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "moment"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "moment"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: moment",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Middle French: moment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "moment"
          },
          "expansion": "French: moment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: moment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "moment",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Romanian: moment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: moment"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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            "1": "dum",
            "2": "moment",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: moment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: moment"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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            "1": "nl",
            "2": "moment"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: moment\nAfrikaans: moment\n→ Indonesian: momen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "oc",
            "2": "moment"
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      "text": "Occitan: moment"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "moment"
          },
          "expansion": "Polish: moment",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "momento"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: momento",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Portuguese: momento"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "mument",
            "3": "mumaint"
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          "expansion": "Romansch: mument, mumaint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: mument, mumaint"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "моме́нт"
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        }
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "sc",
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            "3": "mementu",
            "4": "momentu"
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          "expansion": "Sardinian: mamentu, mementu, momentu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: mamentu, mementu, momentu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
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          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: mòmaid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: mòmaid"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "momento"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: momento",
          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "momento",
            "3": "mumento"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From *movimentum (compare later Medieval Latin movimentum), from Proto-Italic *mowementom. Equivalent to moveō (“move, set in motion; excite”) + -mentum (“suffix used to forming nouns from verbs”).",
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      "form": "mōmentum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
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    },
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      "form": "mōmentī",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "mōmentum",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "mōmentī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "mōmentō",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "movement, motion, impulse; course"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
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        "declension-2"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "change, revolution, movement, disturbance"
      ],
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          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "revolution",
          "revolution"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "disturbance",
          "disturbance"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "particle, part, point"
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          "particle",
          "particle"
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        [
          "part",
          "part"
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        [
          "point",
          "point"
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      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "brief space, moment (in time), short time"
      ],
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          "brief",
          "brief"
        ],
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ],
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          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of time) brief space, moment (in time), short time"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of time"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vestīgium"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cause, circumstance"
      ],
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        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to have importance, to exercise influence",
          "text": "mōmentum facere/habere",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "most important",
          "text": "maximē mōmentī",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weight, influence, importance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "importantia"
        },
        {
          "word": "gravitās"
        },
        {
          "word": "pondus"
        },
        {
          "word": "opportūnitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "New Latin",
        "la:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "momentum, quantity of motion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "momentum",
          "momentum#English"
        ],
        [
          "quantity of motion",
          "quantity of motion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin, physics) momentum, quantity of motion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "New Latin",
        "la:Mechanics",
        "la:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moment (product of a distance and physical quantity)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "mechanics",
          "mechanics"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin, physics, mechanics) moment (product of a distance and physical quantity)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "mechanics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moːˈmen.tum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈmen.tum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈmɛn̪t̪um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "momentum"
}

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