different between momentum vs gait
momentum
English
Etymology
From Latin m?mentum. Doublet of moment and movement
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?(?)?m?nt?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?mo??m?nt?m/
Noun
momentum (countable and uncountable, plural momentums or momenta)
- (physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.
- The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
- 1843, Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Old Apple Dealer", in Mosses from an Old Manse
- The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.
- 1843, Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Old Apple Dealer", in Mosses from an Old Manse
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- wind at one's back
Latin
Etymology
From *movimentum (compare later Medieval Latin movimentum), from Proto-Italic *mowementom. Equivalent to move? (“move, set in motion; excite”) + -mentum (“suffix used to forming nouns from verbs”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mo??men.tum/, [mo??m?n?t????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo?men.tum/, [m??m?n?t?um]
Noun
m?mentum n (genitive m?ment?); second declension
- movement, motion, impulse; course
- change, revolution, movement, disturbance
- particle, part, point
- (of time) brief space, moment, short time
- cause, circumstance; weight, influence, moment
- importance
- (New Latin, physics) momentum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- momentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- momentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- momentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- momentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
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gait
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
- Homophone: gate
Etymology 1
From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatw?. Compare gate.
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
- (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Translations
Verb
gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)
- To teach a specific gait to a horse.
Etymology 2
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- (Britain, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
- (Britain, dialect) A charge for pasturage.
Anagrams
- Gita, taig
Middle English
Noun
gait
- (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Old Irish
Etymology
Matasovi? derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ad?/
Noun
gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)
- verbal noun of gataid: theft
Inflection
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
Scots
Noun
gait (plural gaits)
- goat
- Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ai?t/
Verb
gait
- Soft mutation of cait.
Mutation
gait From the web:
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