1. Noun
A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
2. Noun
Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
3. Noun
The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.
4. Noun
a force that moves something along
Vocabulary classified under Physics
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