1. An impelling force or strength
   "the car's momentum carried it off the road"
   - impulse 
2. The product of a body's mass and its velocity
   "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities" 
3. Enough activity to continue going; capacity for further growth
   "the campaign is gaining momentum"
   - steam

Derived forms: momentums, momenta

Type of: force, forcefulness, physical property, strength

Encyclopedia: Momentum

• Sir Frank Whittle
• Sir Fred Hoyle
• Sir Frederick Ashton
• Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
• Sir Frederick Grant Banting
• Sir Frederick Handley Page
• Sir Frederick William Herschel
• Sir Galahad
• Sir Gawain
• Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
• Sir George Otto Trevelyan
• Sir George Paget Thomson
• Sir Geraint
• Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
• Sir Harold George Nicolson
• Sir Harold Walter Kroto
• Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
• Sir Henry Bessemer
• Sir Henry Joseph Wood
• Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm
• Sir Henry Morgan
• Sir Henry Morton Stanley
• Sir Henry Percy
• Sir Henry Rider Haggard
• Sir Henry Wood