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Momentum vs Dynamics - What's the difference?

momentum | dynamics |

As nouns the difference between momentum and dynamics

is that momentum is (physics) (of a body in motion) the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity while dynamics is (mechanics) the branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

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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    • dynamics

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (mechanics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
  • (music) The volume of the sound, such as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, and forte.

    • Related terms

    * dynamic

    Derived terms

    (terms derived using -dynamics) * aerodynamics * chemodynamics * cliodynamics * electrodynamics * hydrodynamics * magnetohydrodynamics * psychodynamics * thermodynamics

    See also

    * statics

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