momentum

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momentum englannista suomeksi

Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.
The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
1843, Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Old Apple Dealer", in ''Mosses from an Old Manse''

The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.

(RQ:Hardy Two on a Tower)
(quote-journal) (Review)|date=14 September 2013|page=R29|passage=Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...
movement, motion, impulse; course
change, revolution, movement, disturbance
particle, part, point
brief space, moment, short time
cause, circumstance; weight, influence, moment
importance
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