meaning of impetus
1. 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. Fig. : Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
3. 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. the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him
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