The Emergence Machine

Momentum

property · Physics · Level 3 · E0

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Emergence definition

Momentum arises from the interaction of movement and mass, where the transfer of energy from one point to another results in a tendency to continue moving in a straight line, influenced by the quantity of matter in an object.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Momentum” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “Momentum”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
momentum
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0MomentumMassMovementMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAngular MomentumL4CatchL4CollisionL4ParticleL8MomentumL3MassL2MovementL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Mass L2 (requires)
    Momentum is the product of an object's mass and velocity.
  • Movement L2 (requires) physics sense
    Momentum requires movement

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