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momentum

/moh-men-tuhm/US // moʊˈmɛn təm //UK // (məʊˈmɛntəm) //

势头,势头强劲,动力,势

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mo·men·ta [moh-men-tuh], /moʊˈmɛn tə/, mo·men·tums.

    • : force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events: The car gained momentum going downhill. Her career lost momentum after two unsuccessful films.
    • : Also called linear momentum .Mechanics. a quantity expressing the motion of a body or system, equal to the product of the mass of a body and its velocity, and for a system equal to the vector sum of the products of mass and velocity of each particle in the system.
    • : Philosophy. moment.

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Examples

  • “Investors have a view that the EV market in China has reached a turning point, with the momentum growing around Tesla,” says Bill Russo, founder and CEO of Automobility, a Shanghai-based investment advisory that focuses on mobility.

  • The push for legalization gained momentum in New Jersey in 2011, when voters there passed a non-binding referendum in favor.

  • The momentum is showing little sign of easing in the third quarter.

  • For now, though, the market’s momentum remains on a gentle upward slope.

  • Mismatched vectors, like the z direction vector paired with the y momentum vector, form parallelograms with an area of zero.

  • In conversation, her ideas emerge at a roiling boil that often takes on a momentum of its own.

  • But in 2014, numerous states passed common-sense public safety laws, showing that the momentum for gun safety is building.

  • Currency problems are procyclical, which is to say that they create their own momentum.

  • But after Rolling Stone's rape story debacle, how much momentum does the call to ban fraternities have left?

  • Doing three in a row got a momentum going and I want to keep that momentum going.

  • He rose upon it, it was under him, he felt its lift and irresistible momentum; almost it bore him up the steps.

  • This most simple steam-engine combined in the greatest degree the two elements of expansion and momentum.

  • The principle of expansive working and momentum of moving parts was of necessity modified in its application to pump-work.

  • It was a kind of incredible performance, half on earth and half in the air: it rushed with such impetuous momentum.

  • But momentum was sufficient to carry Jeff Weedham's roadster out onto the road.