momentum

名词 momentum:

1. an impelling force or strength
   同义词：impulse
2. the product of a body's mass and its velocity

1. The struggle for independence is gaining momentum every day.
   为独立而斗争的势头日益增长。
2. As the rock rolled down the mountainside, it gathered momentum.
   石头滚下山时，它的动量增加。

mo.men.tum

n.（名词）
【复数】 mo.men.ta[-t…] 或 mo.men.tums
Symbol p Physics A measure of the motion of a body equal to the product of its mass and velocity.Also called linear momentum
符号 p 【物理学】 动量，冲量：一种衡量物体运动量度的单位，等于运动物体的质量和速度的乘积也作 linear momentum

Impetus of a physical object in motion.
冲力：运动中物体的动力
Impetus of a nonphysical process, such as an idea or a course of events:
势头：非物质发展的动力，如思想或事物的进程：
例句：
The soaring rise in interest rates finally appeared to be losing momentum.
利率的飞速上涨的势头终于减弱了

Philosophy An essential or constituent element; a moment.
【哲学】 必要的或构成的元素；契机

来源：
Latin mômentum [movement]
拉丁语 mômentum [运动]
short for *movimentum
*movimentum的简写
from movôre [to move] * see meu…-
源自 movôre [移动] *参见 meu…-