Meaning & use
momentum
The force or drive that keeps a moving object or an ongoing process going, or the strength gained from progress.
See it in a sentence
The campaign gained momentum after the candidate's speech went viral online.
In physics, momentum equals an object's mass multiplied by its velocity.
A note on using this word
In everyday speech momentum describes building energy or progress, while in physics it is a precise, measurable quantity of moving mass.
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