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Momentum

momentum

1. (Science: mechanics) The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.

2. Essential element, or constituent element. I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate propositions. (Sir W. Hamilton)


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Re: Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy

... repeats itself. No matter what the earth does, how it spins, wobbles or flips on its axis, the network has the information (the physical mass and momentum of the sun) to capture and convert these shifts into synchronized movements of the network."

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by Promethean
Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:19 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy
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Transport Phenomenon/Shell Momentm Balances/Biological Sys?

Hi! I have been reading I.L. Bird's textbook on transport phenomenon for a while now, which deals with the topic of momentum SHell Balances and such. It basically works on the concept of... [rate of Momentum in by convective transport] + [rate of momentum in by molecular transport] ...

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by dharavsolanki
Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:45 pm
 
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Topic: Transport Phenomenon/Shell Momentm Balances/Biological Sys?
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The Fiber Disease

... up on ventilators/respirators. And I feel it's strictly for monetary reasons in most cases but I say this What goes around comes around and GAINS momentum!!! Reliefseeker

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by reliefseeker
Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:35 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... is unreal wht I'm going through, and did I mention the pain...OMG!!!! Relief seeker "what goes around comes around again and gains momentum"

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by reliefseeker
Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:11 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... a small ring, may, owing to the flux compression in the current sheet converging toward the pinched singularity (fromthe conservation of angular momentum in peripheral electrons having high axial Landau states) and to the further amplification of the induced magnetic field within the emerging ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:29 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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