linear momentum

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1. See momentum

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Example Sentences

Under the direction of Mei Ann Teo, Sayet traverses a mini mountain range beneath a storm cloud of light, bare bulbs descending from a lucent swirl, in production design by Hao Bai that reflects the show’s resistance to linear momentum.

From New York Times

You’re coming in with this sort of linear momentum, but as you rotate over the leg, that horizontal motion is actually now being redirected a little vertically.

From Scientific American

In the real world of sport, the point of inception of every vector such as displacement, velocity, linear momentum linear acceleration, force, and angle, angular velocity, angular momentum, angular acceleration and torque, also matter.

From New York Times

He called his orchestral approach “multidimensional drumming” and explained that it emphasized “layers of sounds and rhythms” rather than linear momentum.

From New York Times

“Beckham had to bring the football to a complete stop — bringing its linear momentum to arrest — in 0.2 seconds,” Goff said.

From New York Times