momentum
The origin and history of momentum.
Etymology
Borrowed directly from Latin mōmentum, "movement, moving power" — the same root that gives us "moment."
The origin and history of momentum.
Borrowed directly from Latin mōmentum, "movement, moving power" — the same root that gives us "moment."
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