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momentum

/moʊ'mɛntəm/

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noun
an impelling force or strength
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"the car's momentum carried it off the road"

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impulse

type of:
force forcefulness strength
noun
the product of a body's mass and its velocity
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"the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"

type of:
physical property

Examples of momentum

"the car's momentum carried it off the road"
"the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"