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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl. L.

Momenta

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, F.

Momentums

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[L. See

(Mech.)

The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied by the velocity; impetus.

Essential element, or constituent element.

I shall state the several

momenta

of the distinction in separate propositions.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Noun.

[L.] In mechanics, impetus; the quantity of motion in a moving body. This is always equal to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity.