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Displacement vs Momentum - What's the difference?

displacement | momentum |

In physics terms the difference between displacement and momentum

is that displacement is a vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component while momentum is (of a body in motion) The tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.

As nouns the difference between displacement and momentum

is that displacement is the act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place while momentum is (of a body in motion) The tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.

displacement

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
  • * (rfdate)
    • Unnecessary displacement of funds.
  • * (rfdate) .
    • The displacement of the sun by parallax.
  • The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
  • (chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
  • (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
  • (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
  • (grammar)

    • See also

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    momentum

    English

    (wikipedia momentum)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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. (i.e: 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.
  • * 1882, Thomas Hardy, Two on a Tower
    • Their intention to become husband and wife, at first halting and timorous, had accumulated momentum with the lapse of hours, till it now bore down every obstacle in its course.
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