† momentiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Relating to, or acting in the manner of, momentum.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2525/2 Telodynamic Cable, a means for transmitting power,..in which high speed is employed to give the momentive effect of great mass.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1875- a person's queem
- a person's retenance
- a person's satisfaction
- a person's star is on the rise
- a person's star is rising
- a person's suiting
- a person's toast always falls butter side down
- a person's toast always falls butter side up
- a person's toast always falls buttered side down
- a person's toast always falls buttered side up
- a person's unknowledge
- a person's usage
- a person's will's
- a person's worship
- a person's writ does not run
- a person's writ runs
- a person's zest
- a pest on
- a pest take
- a pest upon
- a pestilence on
- a pestilence upon
- a picture is worth a thousand words
- a piece
- a piece of all right