impetus
impetus definition
im·petus (im′pə təs)
noun pl. impetuses -·tuses
- the force with which a body moves against resistance, resulting from its mass and the velocity at which it is set in motion
- anything that stimulates activity; driving force or motive; incentive; impulse
Etymology: L < impetere, to rush upon < in-, in + petere, to rush at: see feather
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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