noun [U]
1 the ability to keep increasing or developing:
The fight for his release gathers momentum each day. * They began to lose momentum in the second half of the game.
2 a force that is gained by movement:
The vehicle gained momentum as the road dipped.
3 (technical) the quantity of movement of a moving object, measured as its MASS (= weight) multiplied by its speed
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for momentum is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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