momentum

Noun
  1. An impelling force or strength (synset 105042975)
    "the car's momentum carried it off the road"
    is a type of: force, forcefulness, strength - physical energy or intensity
    same as: impulse
  2. The product of a body's mass and its velocity (synset 105036303)
    "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"
    is a type of: physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
    subtypes: angular momentum - the product of the momentum of a rotating body and its distance from the axis of rotation

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