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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/
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/ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/
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Australian:
/ˌməʉˈmentəm/
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New-Zealand:
/ˌmɐʉˈmentəm/
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CMU ARPABET:
M OW0 M EH1 N T AH0 M
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Antonyms: none provided
Strength or force gained by motion or movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Antonyms: none provided
The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
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the product of a body's mass and its velocity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities
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Broader terms: physical property
Narrower terms: angular momentum
an impelling force or strength
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the car's momentum carried it off the road
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impulse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: force, forcefulness, strength
From Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
زَخَم حَرَكَة
(zaḵam ḥaraka)
— product of mass and velocity
Bulgarian :
импулс
(impuls)
— product of mass and velocity
Catalan :
impuls
— product of mass and velocity
Catalan :
embranzida
— product of mass and velocity
Chinese Mandarin :
動量 /动量
(dòngliàng)
— product of mass and velocity
Czech :
hybnost
— product of mass and velocity
Danish :
impuls
— product of mass and velocity
Danish :
bevægelsesmængde
— product of mass and velocity
Dutch :
impuls
— product of mass and velocity
Esperanto :
movokvanto
— product of mass and velocity
Finnish :
liikemäärä
— product of mass and velocity
French :
quantité de mouvement
— product of mass and velocity
Georgian :
მოძრაობის რაოდენობა
(moʒraobis raodenoba)
— product of mass and velocity
Georgian :
ინერცია
(inercia)
— product of mass and velocity
Georgian :
მოძრაობის სიჩქარე
(moʒraobis sičkare)
— product of mass and velocity
Georgian :
იმპულსი
(imṗulsi)
— product of mass and velocity
German :
Impuls
— product of mass and velocity
Greek :
ορμή
(ormí)
— product of mass and velocity
Hebrew :
תֶּנַע
(téna')
— product of mass and velocity
Hindi :
संवेग
(samveg)
— product of mass and velocity
Hungarian :
lendület
— product of mass and velocity
Hungarian :
mozgásmennyiség
— product of mass and velocity
Hungarian :
impulzus
— product of mass and velocity
Hungarian :
mozgásállapot
— product of mass and velocity
Icelandic :
skriðþungi
— product of mass and velocity
Ido :
momento
— product of mass and velocity
Indonesian :
impuls
— product of mass and velocity
Indonesian :
momentum
— product of mass and velocity
Indonesian :
pusa
— product of mass and velocity
Irish :
móiminteam
— product of mass and velocity
Italian :
quantità di moto
— product of mass and velocity
Japanese :
運動量
(undōryō)
— product of mass and velocity
Korean :
운동량
(undongnyang)
— product of mass and velocity
Malayalam :
ആക്കം
(ākkaṁ)
— product of mass and velocity
Malayalam :
സംവേഗം
(saṁvēgaṁ)
— product of mass and velocity
Manx :
çhionney
— product of mass and velocity
Māori :
torohaki
— product of mass and velocity
Māori :
ānga
— product of mass and velocity
Mongolian :
хөдөлгөөний тоо
— product of mass and velocity
Mongolian :
импульс
(impulʹs)
— product of mass and velocity
Persian :
تکانه
— product of mass and velocity
Polish :
pęd
— product of mass and velocity
Portuguese :
momento
— product of mass and velocity
Romanian :
impuls
— product of mass and velocity
Romanian :
moment
— product of mass and velocity
Russian :
и́мпульс
(ímpulʹs)
— product of mass and velocity
Russian :
коли́чество движе́ния
(kolíčestvo dvižénija)
— product of mass and velocity
Serbo-Croatian :
ѝмпулс
— product of mass and velocity
Serbo-Croatian :
количѝна ги́ба̄ња
— product of mass and velocity
Serbo-Croatian :
(Bosnia)количѝна кре́та̄ња
— product of mass and velocity
Serbo-Croatian :
ìmpuls
— product of mass and velocity
Serbo-Croatian :
količìna gíbānja
— product of mass and velocity
Serbo-Croatian :
količìna krétānja
— product of mass and velocity
Slovak :
hybnosť
— product of mass and velocity
Spanish :
cantidad de movimiento
— product of mass and velocity
Spanish :
ímpetu
— product of mass and velocity
Spanish :
impulso
— product of mass and velocity
Spanish :
moméntum
— product of mass and velocity
Spanish :
viada
— product of mass and velocity
Spanish :
aviada
— product of mass and velocity
Spanish :
muebda
— product of mass and velocity
Swedish :
rörelsemängd
— product of mass and velocity
Tagalog :
dagsa
— product of mass and velocity
Thai :
โมเมนตัม
(moo-men-dtâm)
— product of mass and velocity
Turkish :
itki
— product of mass and velocity
Turkish :
momentum
— product of mass and velocity
Vietnamese :
động lượng
— product of mass and velocity
Arabic :
زَخَم
(zaḵam)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Bulgarian :
тласък
(tlasǎk)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Bulgarian :
движеща сила
(dvižešta sila)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Catalan :
impuls
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Catalan :
embranzida
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Dutch :
vaart
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Esperanto :
elano
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Finnish :
vauhti
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Finnish :
voima
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
French :
élan
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Georgian :
იმპულსი
(imṗulsi)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Georgian :
ბიძგი
(biʒgi)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Georgian :
მამოძრავებელი ძალა
(mamoʒravebeli ʒala)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
German :
Schwung
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
German :
Wucht
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
German :
Schwungkraft
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
German :
Moment
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Italian :
slancio
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Italian :
momento
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Italian :
impulso
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Italian :
impeto
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Māori :
torohaki
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Polish :
rozmach
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Portuguese :
ímpeto
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Portuguese :
impulso
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Romagnol :
abrìv
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Romanian :
avânt
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Russian :
и́мпульс
(ímpulʹs)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Russian :
толчо́к
(tolčók)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Russian :
дви́жущая си́ла
(dvížuščaja síla)
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Serbo-Croatian :
impuls
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Serbo-Croatian :
impetus
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Spanish :
ímpetu
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Spanish :
impulso
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Spanish :
moméntum
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Spanish :
viada
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Spanish :
aviada
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events
Vietnamese :
đà
— impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events