impetus
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Latin impetus (“a rushing upon, an attack, assault, onset”), from impetō (“to rush upon, attack”), from in- (“upon”) + petō (“to seek, fall upon”).
- borrowed from impetus
Definitions
Anything that impels
Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
- The outbreak of World War II in 1939 gave a new impetus to receiver development.
- Once set a strong mind thinking, and you have done all that it needs for its education. It matters little what is the first impetus, so that it only be set to work.
A force, either internal or external, that impels
A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
The force or energy associated with a moving body
The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
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A principle of motive force, held as equivalent to weight times velocity by John Buridan,…
A principle of motive force, held as equivalent 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.
The neighborhood
- neighborimpetuous
- neighborwind at one's back
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at impetus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at impetus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at impetus
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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