1. Noun
The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
2. Noun
Essential element, or constituent element.
3. Noun
The quantity of motion an object has, calculated as mass times velocity
4. Noun
an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road"
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