momentum

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/
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/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ · /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/ · /ˌməʉˈmentəm/ · /ˌmɐʉˈmentəm/ · /mɵˈmɛɳʈəm/ · /mʊ-/ · /mɵməɳˈʈəm/

Definition of momentum

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.
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noun

  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.
    “The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.”
    “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.”
    “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 ...”
  4. (countable, uncountable)The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.

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Etymology

From Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.

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