Collocations with momentum

These are words often used in combination with momentum.

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considerable momentum
In the meantime, the bandwagon has gathered considerable momentum.
forward momentum
His speeches are sequences of confined, obsessively repeated intervals or patterns that lack any forward momentum.
gather momentum
In the last few years (1971-75) the level of spinsterhood has remained virtually unchanged, but the nuptiality transition appears to have gathered momentum.
linear momentum
In a planar device, this will be a stable configuration, because the linear momentum is conserved and is negative.
loss of momentum
Its work is made all the harder because of the loss of momentum over the past two years.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
momentum operator
The angular momentum operator plays a central role in the theory of atomic physics and other quantum problems involving rotational symmetry.
From
Wikipedia

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political momentum
Full redesign tends to gain political momentum only in compelling circumstances, typically when the regulated industry, or the economy in which it operates, is in or near financial collapse.
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