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nounan impelling force or strength
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nounthe product of a body's mass and its velocitytype of:
Definition that contains momentum
- transport an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
- ballistic relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
- deaden lessen the momentum or velocity of
- self-propelling moved forward by its own force or momentum
- conservation of momentum the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system
- quasiparticle a quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle
- indeterminacy principle (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
- reaction propulsion propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum
- uncertainty principle (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
- self-propelled moved forward by its own force or momentum