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momentum

  • /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ UK
  • /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/ Canada, US
  • /ˌməʉˈmentəm/ Australia
  • /ˌmɐʉˈmentəm/ New Zealand

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Borrowed from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.

noun momentums · momenta

  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.
  4. countable, uncountable The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: impulse, inertia, velocity, acceleration, dynamics, time, buoyancy, ground, kinetic, catalyst, torrent, steam, leverage, lever, pivot, dynamic

Translations

Every language

noun product of mass and velocity

Españolmoméntum, viada, aviada, muebda
한국어운동량 undongnyang
日本語運動量 undōryō
中文動量 /动量 dòngliàng
हिन्दीसंवेग samveg
Portuguêsmomento
Françaisquantité de mouvement
DeutschImpuls
Italianoquantità di moto
Ελληνικάορμή ormí
Românăimpuls, moment
Русскийи́мпульс ímpulʹs, коли́чество движе́ния kolíčestvo dvižénija
Tiếng Việtđộng lượng
العربيةزَخَم حَرَكَة zaḵam ḥaraka
עבריתתֶּנַע téna'

noun impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events

Españolmoméntum, viada, aviada
Portuguêsímpeto, impulso
Françaisélan
DeutschSchwung, Wucht, Schwungkraft, Moment
Italianoslancio, momento, impulso, impeto
Românăavânt
Русскийи́мпульс ímpulʹs, толчо́к tolčók, дви́жущая си́ла dvížuščaja síla
Tiếng Việtđà
العربيةزَخَم zaḵam

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@misc{momentum_2026,
  title = {momentum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/momentum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}