What does IMPETUS mean?

Definitions for IMPETUS
ˈɪm pɪ təsim·pe·tus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drift, impetus, impulsionnoun

    a force that moves something along

  2. impulse, impulsion, impetusnoun

    the act of applying force suddenly

    "the impulse knocked him over"

GCIDE

  1. Impetusnoun

    Fig.: Impulse; incentive; stimulus; vigor; force; as, the President's strong recommendation provided the impetus needed to pass the campaign reform bill. Buckle.

Wiktionary

  1. impetusnoun

    Something that impels, a stimulating factor.

    The outbreak of World War II in 1939 gave a new impetus to receiver development.

  2. impetusnoun

    A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.

  3. impetusnoun

    The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.

  4. impetusnoun

    An activity in response to a stimulus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. IMPETUSnoun

    Violent tendency to any point; violent effort.

    Etymology: Latin.

    Why did not they continue their descent 'till they were contiguous to the sun, whither both mutual attraction and impetus carried them. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. impetus

    Impetus is a force, energy, or stimulus that encourages a particular action or makes it proceed more quickly; it can also refer to momentum gained by a moving object.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Impetusnoun

    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

  2. Impetusnoun

    fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force

  3. Impetusnoun

    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

  4. Etymology: [L., fr. impetere to rush upon, attack; pref. im- in + petere to fall upon, seek. See Petition.]

Wikidata

  1. Impetus

    Impetus is a re-release of the EP Passive Restraints by rock band Clutch, with two new tracks added from the Pitchfork 12". It was released in 1997, and contains five tracks.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Impetus

    im′pe-tus, n. an attack: force or quantity of motion: violent tendency to any point. [L.,—in, in, petĕre, to fall upon.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. impetus

    In gunnery, the altitude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.

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  1. imputes

  2. upsmite

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of IMPETUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of IMPETUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of IMPETUS in a Sentence

  1. Frances Cheung:

    A delay in the tariff deadline is what has been expected. Still, a near confirmation of such a delay, together with reassurance from Trump's comments, is supportive of the yuan, beyond the initial reaction, however, market will need a follow-up in terms of a trade deal for further impetus.

  2. Dawn Williams:

    Sadly, the reasons for this disparity go far back, and a key impetus happened just as the nation attempted to fix our public education system.

  3. President Obama:

    So in a 10 year period of time, and it really was -- 9/11 probably was the impetus behind some of this. But I think what happened was, over time, this security state complex really joined with this military industrial complex that Eisenhower talked about, and the danger now that we face is we have-- that security state complex are all of these intelligence community agencies and activities that we have, right, that we've heard so much about … who actually is in charge of them, and then what authorities or what things that they're able to do-- You've lived this, via them monitoring your phone calls, right?

  4. Katelyn Brewer:

    Part of the impetus of that resignation was that things were threatening. My name and Darkness to Light's name was starting to be brought into the sort of conspiracy conversations, and so that board member said,' You know, it's hard enough dealing with this for Katelyn Brewer. I don't want to bring in an organization I love and that's been doing good work for 20 years into this.'.

  5. Howard Rubel:

    They might as well use the impetus of (those contracts) to cut cost and offset the concessions they're being asked to make.

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