Definition of Impetus. Meaning of Impetus. Synonyms of Impetus

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Definition of Impetus

Impetus
Impetus Im"pe*tus, n. [L., fr. impetere to rush upon, attack; pref. im- in + petere to fall upon, seek. See Petition.] 1. A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum. Note: Momentum is the technical term, impetus its popular equivalent, yet differing from it as applied commonly to bodies moving or moved suddenly or violently, and indicating the origin and intensity of the motion, rather than its quantity or effectiveness. 2. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force. --Buckle. 3. (Gun.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.

Meaning of Impetus from wikipedia

- Look up impetus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Impetus may refer to: A source of motivation Theory of impetus, a concept similar to inertia and momentum...
- Impetus is a reissue of the EP P****ive Restraints by the band Clutch in 1997. The EP has two tracks added to it from the Naive album, a compilation of...
- The theory of impetus is an auxiliary or secondary theory of Aristotelian dynamics, put forth initially to explain projectile motion against gravity....
- The impetus is a ballroom dance step used in the waltz, foxtrot or quickstep. The open impetus is one of several ways to get into promenade position and...
- seeds of the Copernican Revolution in Europe. He developed the concept of impetus, the first step toward the modern concept of inertia and an important development...
- which would oppose its impetus. Buridan also maintained that impetus increased with speed; thus, his initial idea of impetus was similar in many ways...
- and the establishment of modern intelligence agencies. It was given new impetus by the development of fascism and communism in the lead-up to World War...
- The arts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 July 2018. The early impetus of Bulgarian traditions in the arts was cut short by the Ottoman occupation...
- the end of the Cold War, the push for human rights action took on new impetus. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was formed in 1993 to oversee...
- the Icelandic Commonwealth. The lack of arable land also served as an impetus to the settlement of Greenland starting in 986. The period of these early...