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/ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ · noun
(physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities..
The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.
Their intention to become husband and wife, at first halting and timorous, had accumulated momentum with the lapse of hours, till it now bore down every obstacle in its course.
Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...
Use momentum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Momentum means (physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities..
Common synonyms include impulse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.
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