My definition of momentum is the amount of something it takes to make something move. I think it relates to acceleration, mass, magnitude and most definitely inertia. When I think of the word momentum I think of an object having to swing back and forth to a certain height in order to clear the distance of something. The Webster’s Dictionary definition is: the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured by a product of its mass and velocity. I was kind of close to the Webster’s Dictionary definition. Momentum has to do with the muchness of the moving of an object.
This is what I was thinking as well.
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