a. [ Equi- + momental. ] (Mech.) Having equal moments of inertia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be equimomental when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equimomental cone of a given rigid body, a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hyo- + mental of the chin. ] (Anat.) Between the hyoid bone and the lower jaw, pertaining to them; suprahyoid; submaxillary; as, the hyomental region of the front of the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. momental. ] [ Obs. ] 1. Lasting but a moment; brief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not one momental minute doth she swerve. Breton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Important; momentous. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) Of or pertaining to moment or momentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. For a moment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta. [ 1913 Webster ]