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Preferred term

cantidad de movimiento  

Definition

  • The momentum of a system of particles is given by the sum of the momentums of the individual particles which make up the system or by the product of the total mass of the system and the velocity of the center of gravity of the system. The momentum of a continuous medium is given by the integral of the velocity over the mass of the medium or by the product of the total mass of the medium and the velocity of the center of gravity of the medium.

Entry terms

  • p

Note

  • The momentum of a system of particles is given by the sum of the momentums of the individual particles which make up the system or by the product of the total mass of the system and the velocity of the center of gravity of the system. The momentum of a continuous medium is given by the integral of the velocity over the mass of the medium or by the product of the total mass of the medium and the velocity of the center of gravity of the medium.

In other languages

  • p

  • زخم الحركة

    Arabic

  • 动量

    Chinese

  • hybnost

    Czech

  • English

  • French

  • German

  • Italian

  • 運動量

    Japanese

  • Momentum

    Malay

  • تکانه

    Persian

  • pęd

    Polish

  • momento linear

    Portuguese

  • impuls

    Romanian

  • импульс

    Russian

  • gibalna količina

    Slovenian

  • Momentum

    Turkish

URI

https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/quantity-kind/Momentum

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