"impetus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪm.pə.təs/ Audio: En-us-impetus.ogg [US] Forms: impetuses [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peth₂-}}, {{bor|en|la|impetus||a rushing upon, an attack, assault, onset}} Latin impetus (“a rushing upon, an attack, assault, onset”), {{m|la|impetō||to rush upon, attack}} impetō (“to rush upon, attack”), {{m|la|in-||upon}} in- (“upon”), {{m|la|petō||to seek, fall upon}} petō (“to seek, fall upon”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} impetus (plural impetuses)
  1. Anything that impels; a stimulating factor. Translations (something that impels): təkan (Azerbaijani), stimul (Azerbaijani), উদ্দীপনা (uddipona) (Bengali), стимул (stimul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), podnět [masculine] (Czech), aanleiding (Dutch), impuls (Dutch), sysäys (Finnish), Antrieb [masculine] (German), Schub [masculine] (German), Anstoß [masculine] (German), Anschub [masculine] (German), Schwung [masculine] (German), āinga (Maori), kipakipa (Maori), impulsion [feminine] (Occitan), برانگیزنده (barângizanda, barângizande) (Persian), и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), сти́мул (stímul) [masculine] (Russian), толчо́к (tolčók) [masculine] (Russian), impetus [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), impuls [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), poticaj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), імпульс (impulʹs) [masculine] (Ukrainian), поштовх (poštovx) [masculine] (Ukrainian), стимул (stymul) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impetus-en-noun-BtkhQO43 Disambiguation of 'something that impels': 51 35 2 12 0
  2. A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse. Translations (a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse): təkan (Azerbaijani), подбуда (podbuda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), импулс (impuls) [masculine] (Bulgarian), impuls [masculine] (Czech), drivkraft [common-gender] (Danish), impuls (Dutch), stuwkracht (Dutch), sysäys (Finnish), élan [masculine] (French), Triebkraft [feminine] (German), drivkraft (Norwegian), impulsion [feminine] (Occitan), نیروی برانگیزنده (nirôye barângizande) (Persian), ímpeto [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-impetus-en-noun-vQjLxmQA Disambiguation of 'a force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse': 5 82 5 5 3
  3. The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus. Translations (the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus): উদ্দীপনা (uddipona) (Bengali), устрем (ustrem) [masculine] (Bulgarian), тласък (tlasǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), stimul [masculine] (Czech), drijvende kracht (Dutch), stuwkracht (Dutch), liikevoima (Finnish), Antrieb [masculine] (German), Anschub [feminine] (German), impulsion [feminine] (Occitan), estimulús [masculine] (Occitan), برانگیزنده (barângizanda, barângizande) (Persian), انگیختار (angixtâr) (Persian), impulso (Portuguese), impetus [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), impuls [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), poticaj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-impetus-en-noun-VC8HPaSC Disambiguation of 'the force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus': 1 5 81 4 9
  4. (history, medieval 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. Categories (topical): History, Physics
    Sense id: en-impetus-en-noun-4eYxR9Qx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 25 3 40 3 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  5. An activity in response to a stimulus. Translations (an activity in response to a stimulus): stimulans (Dutch), prikkel (Dutch), Schwung [masculine] (German), Wucht [feminine] (German), Schub [masculine] (German), impulsion [feminine] (Occitan), estimulacion [feminine] (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-impetus-en-noun-yvkCHi78 Disambiguation of 'an activity in response to a stimulus': 0 5 14 4 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: impetuous, wind at one's back

Inflected forms

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          "word": "élan"
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impulsion"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "an activity in response to a stimulus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estimulacion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impetus"
}

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