Dictionary

momentum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌməʉˈmentəm/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˌmɐʉˈmentəm/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Proto-Italic *mowementom Latin *movimentum Latin mōmentumbor. English momentum Borrowed from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) Strength or force gained by motion or movement.
3. (countable, uncountable) The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
   • Their intention to become husband and wife, at first halting and timorous, had accumulated momentum with the lapse of hours, till it now bore down every obstacle in its course. 1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter II, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 31:
   • Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ... 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R29:
   • The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance. 1843, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from an Old Manse, The Old Apple Dealer:
4. (countable, uncountable) The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.

Forms

Deriveds

gain momentum · four-momentum · -mentum · Trumpmentum · quasimomentum · crystal momentum · angular momentum · momentum junkie · pseudomomentum · momenergy · Planck momentum · momentumless · supermomentum · Kamalamentum

Relateds

wind at one's back

Translations (100)

ka იმპულსი (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · pt impulso (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · de Schwungkraft (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ml ആക്കം (product of mass and velocity) · pt ímpeto (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · hu mozgásmennyiség (product of mass and velocity) · ja 運動量 (product of mass and velocity) · bg тласък (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ka მოძრაობის სიჩქარე (product of mass and velocity) · ar زَخَم حَرَكَة (product of mass and velocity) · bg движеща сила (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · th โมเมนตัม (product of mass and velocity) · ca impuls (product of mass and velocity) · es muebda (product of mass and velocity) · mn импульс (product of mass and velocity) · it slancio (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · da bevægelsesmængde (product of mass and velocity) · tl dagsa (product of mass and velocity) · nl impuls (product of mass and velocity) · ko 운동량 (product of mass and velocity) · ar زَخَم (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · it impulso (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ru и́мпульс (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · sk hybnosť (product of mass and velocity) · ka ბიძგი (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · eo movokvanto (product of mass and velocity) · ro impuls (product of mass and velocity) · fr quantité de mouvement (product of mass and velocity) · ca embranzida (product of mass and velocity) · mn хөдөлгөөний тоо (product of mass and velocity) · da impuls (product of mass and velocity) · ga móiminteam (product of mass and velocity) · fr élan (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · hu lendület (product of mass and velocity) · es viada (product of mass and velocity) · sh impuls (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · pl pęd (product of mass and velocity) · ka მოძრაობის რაოდენობა (product of mass and velocity) · nl vaart (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · sh количѝна ги́ба̄ња (product of mass and velocity) · pt momento (product of mass and velocity) · hi संवेग (product of mass and velocity) · fi liikemäärä (product of mass and velocity) · hu mozgásállapot (product of mass and velocity) · de Schwung (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ca embranzida (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · fi voima (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · mi ānga (product of mass and velocity) · es moméntum (product of mass and velocity) · is skriðþungi (product of mass and velocity) · vi động lượng (product of mass and velocity) · ka იმპულსი (product of mass and velocity) · bg импулс (product of mass and velocity) · rgn abrìv (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · vi đà (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · es viada (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · it impeto (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ru толчо́к (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · tr itki (product of mass and velocity) · sh ѝмпулс (product of mass and velocity) · ru коли́чество движе́ния (product of mass and velocity) · de Impuls (product of mass and velocity) · gv çhionney (product of mass and velocity) · sh (Bosnia)количѝна кре́та̄ња (product of mass and velocity) · it quantità di moto (product of mass and velocity) · de Moment (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · fa تکانه (product of mass and velocity) · eo elano (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · cmn 動量 /动量 (product of mass and velocity) · sh količìna krétānja (product of mass and velocity) · el ορμή (product of mass and velocity) · ca impuls (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · he תֶּנַע (product of mass and velocity) · mi torohaki (product of mass and velocity) · mi torohaki (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ka მამოძრავებელი ძალა (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ml സംവേഗം (product of mass and velocity) · ka ინერცია (product of mass and velocity) · sh ìmpuls (product of mass and velocity) · ro moment (product of mass and velocity) · hu impulzus (product of mass and velocity) · de Wucht (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · es moméntum (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · fi vauhti (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · ru и́мпульс (product of mass and velocity) · es aviada (product of mass and velocity) · tr momentum (product of mass and velocity) · es aviada (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · sv rörelsemängd (product of mass and velocity) · id pusa (product of mass and velocity) · it momento (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · cs hybnost (product of mass and velocity) · sh količìna gíbānja (product of mass and velocity) · sh impetus (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · id impuls (product of mass and velocity) · ro avânt (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · io momento (product of mass and velocity) · ru дви́жущая си́ла (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · pl rozmach (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events) · id momentum (product of mass and velocity)