noun
- plural form of momentum; the quantities of motion of moving bodies or the driving forces behind events or processes
Usage: physics; formal
Examples
- The physicist calculated the momenta of all particles in the collision.
- Different momenta were observed for objects of varying masses.
- The momenta of the political movements varied across regions.
- Scientists measured the momenta before and after the reaction.
- The conservation of momenta is a fundamental principle in physics.
- Various momenta contributed to the social change.