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Meaning
Noun
●
Anything that
impels
; a
stimulating
factor.
●
A
force
, either
internal
or
external
, that
impels
; an impulse.
●
The
force
or energy associated with a
moving
body; a stimulus.
●
In History & Physics:
A
principle
of
motive
force
,
held
as exquivalent to
weight
times
velocity
by John Buridan, in an
auxiliary
theory
of Aristotelian
dynamics
introduced
by John Philoponus,
describing
projectile
motion
against
gravity
as
linear
until it
transitions
to a
vertical
drop
and the
intellectual
precursor
to the
concepts
of
inertia
,
momentum
and
acceleration
in
classical
mechanics.
●
An
activity
in
response
to a stimulus.
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Origin
impetus
English
impetus
Latin
impetere
Latin
impeto
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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