MOMENTUM


Meaning of MOMENTUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ moʊmentəm ]

1.

If a process or movement gains momentum , it keeps developing or happening more quickly and keeps becoming less likely to stop.

This campaign is really gaining momentum...

= impetus

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2.

In physics, momentum is the mass of a moving object multiplied by its speed in a particular direction. ( TECHNICAL )

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