momentum

momentum

momentum (plural momentums or momenta)

1. (physics) (of a body in motion) the product of its mass and velocity.
2. The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events. (i.e: a moment)
   • 1843, Nathaniel Hawthorne, ""The Old Apple Dealer"", in Mosses from an Old Manse

     The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.

   • 1882, Thomas Hardy, Two on a Tower

     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.

impulso

momento

quantita di moto

quantità di moto

velocità

Altri significati:

(physics) (of a body in motion) the product of its mass and velocity.

The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events. (i.e: a moment)

Vectorial physical quantity: the product of mass and velocity of a body.

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

product of mass and velocity

Traduzione 'veloce'

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