English Explanatory Dictionary

momentum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. Strength or force gained by motion or movement.
  3. The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
  4. The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.

Pronunciation

/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/ en-us-momentum.ogg /ˌməʉˈmentəm/ /ˌmɐʉˈmentəm/ /mɵˈmɛɳʈəm/ /mʊ-/ /mɵməɳˈʈəm/

Word forms

momentum momentums momenta

Etymology

From Latin mōmentum. Doublet of moment and movement.

Related words

wind at one's back

Derived words

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