momentum
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- n an impelling force or strength
the car's momentum carried it off the road - n the product of a body's mass and its velocity
the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities
- Obama is heading into caucus night with the most momentum Barack Obama is generating the most momentum in this race.
- There is tremendous political momentum internationally to come to an agreement, and if you let that slip, the momentum and enthusiasm will gradually dissipate and things will .
- Failure to gain the initiative and reverse insurgent momentum in the near-term .