Momentum vs Momentarily - What's the difference?
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(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 a momentary manner; for a moment or instant.
(US) In a moment or very soon; at any moment.
Progressively; moment by moment.
search_anchor pp. 137–138, ] nonetheless, this use is quite common in North America, and is particularly associated with airlines, such as “we will be landing momentarily”.On language, by William Safire, 1980, [http://books.google.com/books?client=iceweasel-a&id=mrJZAAAAMAAJ&dq=momentarily&q=momentarily p. 9 In place of ''momentarily , many speakers prefer the terms (presently), (soon) or the phrase “in a moment”, for this sense of “in a moment”.
As a noun 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 an adverb momentarily is
in a momentary manner; for a moment or instant.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.
momentarily
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Adverb
(-)Usage notes
* Many speakers object to the use of momentarily'' in the sense of “''in'' a moment” rather than “''for'' a moment”, since this is inconsistent with the meaning of (momentary);“Just a Moment]”, by (William Safire), ''(New York Times),'' May 11, 1997''I Stand Corrected: More on Language,'' by William Safire [http://books.google.com/books?client=iceweasel-a&id=1fuhvj8icSsC&dq=momentarily&q=momentarily