momentum UK /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/US /ˌmoʊˈmɛntəm/noun 4forms 2phrases 1 noun4 •Strength or force gained by motion or movement. •The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.The travellers swarm forth from the cars. All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance. — 1843 •Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities. •The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset. formsmomenta · momentums Phrases with momentum gain momentumTo increase something's own speed while being acted on by gravity.