momentum

The Sailor's Word-Book

Is the product of a weight multiplied by its velocity; that is, in marine dynamics, by its distance from a point determined as the centre of momentum; or from a line called the axis of the momentum.

Related Words

momentum
mōmentum, i, n. [for movimentum, from moveo], a movement, motion (as an indwelling force; cf.: motio...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
momentum
mōmentum ī, n 1 MV-, a movement, motion : astra figurā suā momenta sustentant: momenta parva sequi...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Momentum
·noun Essential element, or constituent element. II. Momentum ·noun The quantity of motion in a mov...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language