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0 the force that keeps an object moving:
- Once you push it, it keeps going under its own momentum.
- The spacecraft will fly around the earth to gain/gather momentum for its trip to Jupiter.
- The play loses momentum (= becomes less interesting, energetic, etc.) by its half way stage.
- In an attempt to give new momentum to their plans, the committee set a date for starting detailed discussions.
1 the force or speed of an object in motion, or the increase in the rate of development of a process:
- A falling object gains momentum as it falls.
- Technology seems to create its own momentum – if something can be done, it will be.
2 the force that keeps an object moving or keeps an event developing after it has started:
- gain/pick up/gather momentum Stocks gained momentum on strong quarterly reports across the tech world.
- There is worrying evidence that the economy is losing momentum.
- build/increase/add momentum We continue to build momentum in our quest to grow our businesses.
- Election of business oriented leaders gave momentum to new downtown redevelopment.
- upward/forward/downward momentum
- business/economic/political momentum

We got up the hill through sheer momentum.
The campaign has been gaining momentum ever since the television appeal.
Opposition to the tax has been gaining momentum.
The campaign for an elected mayor seems to have lost momentum.
They are usually accompanied by relatively low pressure at their centres, and are a major source of momentum transport towards the walls.
Three regions are shown for different trapped particles in momentum space.
Theoretical considerations on the momentum and energy transfer to small particles of different material during passage of the measuring volume were discussed.
Similarly, any determination of the energy and momentum of the particles demands that we renounce their exact coordination in time and space.