1. Lancée.
2. Impulsion. Prendre son élan.
3. (Au figuré) Ardeur. Parler avec élan.
Cervidé des pays froids.
ETYM Latin ardor, from ardere to burn: cf. Old Fren. ardor, ardur, French ardeur.
(Alternate spelling: ardour).
1. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); SYN. ardour, elan, zeal.
2. Feelings of great warmth and intensity; SYN. ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness.
3. Intense feeling of love; SYN. ardour.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for ardor.
Enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness.
ETYM Greek, from enthousiazein to be inspired or possessed by the god: cf. enthousiasme. Related to Entheal, Theism.
1. A feeling of excitement.
2. A lively interest.
ETYM Latin See Moment.
1. An impelling force or strength; SYN. impulse.
2. The product of a body's mass and its velocity.
In physics, the product of the mass of a body and its linear velocity. The angular momentum of an orbiting or rotating body is the product of its moment of inertia and its angular velocity. The momentum of a body does not change unless it is acted on by an external force; angular momentum does not change unless it is acted upon by a turning force, or torque.
The law of conservation of momentum is one of the fundamental concepts of classical physics. It states that the total momentum of all bodies in a closed system is constant and unaffected by processes occurring within the system. Angular momentum is similarly conserved in a closed system.
(N. Amer).
ETYM Icel. elgr; akin to Swed. elg, AS. eolh, Old High Germ. elaho, Mid. High Germ. elch, cf. Latin alces; perh. akin to Eng. eland.
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called elk in Europe and moose in North America; SYN. European elk, moose, Alces alces.
Or wapiti; North American deer Cervus canadensis, closely related to the red deer of Eurasia. Head and body length is about 8 ft/2.5 m, and shoulder height is about 5 ft/1.5 m. They are grayish-brown with a yellow rump patch. Males carry magnificent antlers up to 5.8 ft/1.8 m along the beam. In Europe, moose are called elk.