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Definition of Momenta
1. momentum [n] - See also: momentum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Momenta
Literary usage of Momenta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"The Kinetic Energy expressed in Terms of the momenta and Velocities. 562.]
Let plt p2, &c. be the momenta, and qlt g2, &c. the velocities at a given instant ..."
2. A Treatise on Gyrostatics and Rotational Motion: Theory and Applications by Andrew Gray (1918)
"Generalised momenta. Hamilton s dynamical equations. ... When T, or K, is expressed
in terms of the momenta we shall indicate the fact by the suffix m as in ..."
3. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1892)
"The equations of condition (5) have beeu taken to contain the momenta as well as
the co-ordinates, as this supposition made the investigation more ..."
4. Treatise on Physics by Andrew Gray (1901)
"T, it is to be remembered, is supposed expressed as an explicit function of the
momenta £, 17, .... In this form the equations state that the time rate of ..."
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