IMPETUS


Meaning of IMPETUS in English

noun fig.: impulse; incentive; vigor; force.

2. impetus ·noun 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.

3. impetus ·noun 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.

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