momentum
/moʊˈmɛntəm/
noun
- The force or speed gained by a moving object or process, making it harder to stop or change direction.
- The campaign lost momentum after the candidate's controversial remarks.
- The sled gained momentum as it raced down the snowy hill.
- The team's winning streak gave them momentum heading into the playoffs.
- The quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as the product of its mass and velocity.
- The law of conservation of momentum explains how objects behave during collisions.
- A heavier truck has more momentum than a small bicycle at the same speed.
- In physics class, we calculated the momentum of a moving car.