Associations to the word «Momentum»

Wiktionary

MOMENTUM, noun. (physics) (of a body in motion) The tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.
MOMENTUM, noun. The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events. (i.e: a moment)

Dictionary definition

MOMENTUM, noun. An impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road".
MOMENTUM, noun. The product of a body's mass and its velocity; "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley