Impulse vs Momentum - What's the difference?
impulse | momentum |
A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
* S. Clarke
A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
* Dryden
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 (physics) The integral of force over time.
(obsolete) To impel; to incite.
(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
* 1882, Thomas Hardy, Two on a Tower
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In physics terms the difference between impulse and momentum
is that impulse is the integral of force over time 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 impulse and momentum
is that impulse is a thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels 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 a verb impulse
is to impel; to incite.impulse
English
(wikipedia impulse)Noun
(en noun)- All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse .
- The impulse to learn drove me to study night and day.
- When I saw the new dictionary, I couldn't resist the impulse to browse through it.
- These were my natural impulses for the undertaking.
citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse , but it may have been a momentary one,
- The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the bullet.
Derived terms
* impulse buy * nerve impulse * on impulseReferences
* * * [impulse in the Online Etymology Dictionary]
Verb
(impuls)- (Alexander Pope)
momentum
English
(wikipedia momentum)Noun
(en-noun)- The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.
- 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.