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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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puissance
English
Alternative forms
- Puissance (show jumping)
Etymology
From Middle English puissaunce, from Anglo-Norman puissance, pusaunce, and other forms, from Old French puissant (“powerful”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pju??.s(?)ns/, /?pw?-/
- Hyphenation: puis?sance
Noun
puissance (countable and uncountable, plural puissances)
- Power, might or potency.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho: Unreliable Memoirs. Vol. IV, London: Picador, ISBN 978-0-330-48128-1; republished London: Picador, 2007, ISBN 978-0-330-48127-4, page 66:
- Any impression of mental puissance might have been increased by the fact that I was usually to be seen working hard with notebook and biro, shaping up a new book review or a linking script […].
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho: Unreliable Memoirs. Vol. IV, London: Picador, ISBN 978-0-330-48128-1; republished London: Picador, 2007, ISBN 978-0-330-48127-4, page 66:
- (equestrianism) Often Puissance: the high-jump component of the sport of show jumping.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Middle French puissance, derived from Old French puissant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i.s??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
puissance f (plural puissances)
- power (physical or figuratively)
- dominion (state within the British Empire)
Derived terms
- en puissance
- puissance mondiale
Related terms
- pouvoir
Preposition
puissance
- (mathematics) to the power of
- Deux puissance quatre égale seize.
Further reading
- “puissance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French puissance.
Noun
puissance f (plural puissances)
- power
Descendants
- French: puissance
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From puissant, pussant.
Noun
puissance f (oblique plural puissances, nominative singular puissance, nominative plural puissances)
- power; ability; authority
- might; strength
Descendants
- English: puissance (borrowed through Anglo-Norman)
- Middle French: puissance
- French: puissance
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