Impetus
['ɪmpɪtəs]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Momentum.
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Definition
n. an attack: force or quantity of motion: violent tendency to any point.
Typist: Perry
Examples
- He lent it fruitful direction, a different impetus, and the results are beyond his imagining. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Kingship received an impetus from the Persian and Greek invasions of the Punjab. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They forged the direct primary and the State University out of the impetus within themselves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The seeming antisocial philosophy was a somewhat transparent mask for an impetus toward a wider and freer society--toward cosmopolitanism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This art received its greatest impetus, however, under Wright’s British patent No. 4,955, of 1824. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With what pungent vivacities--what an impetus of mutiny--what a fougue of injustice! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I felt veneration for St. John--veneration so strong that its impetus thrust me at once to the point I had so long shunned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His body, borne by the impetus of his headlong rush, plunged upon me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In addition to scientific discoveries, the manufacture of glass in England received a great impetus by the removal of onerous excise duties which had been imposed on its manufacture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the first place, it involves loss of impetus. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Now this concentration must represent a profound impetus in the business world--an impetus which certainly cannot be obliterated, even if anyone were foolish enough to wish it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Osborne patented in Australia, and in 1861 in the United States, a transfer process which gave such great impetus to the art that he may be considered its founder and chief promotor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About the middle of the Nineteenth Century a great impetus was given to the development of artillery by the Crimean War, followed by the Civil War of the United States. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The religious and political turmoils in Germany in the sixteenth century gave an immense impetus to printing there. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was not failing now for want of impetus, but for want of finished ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He lent it fruitful direction, a different impetus, and the results are beyond his imagining. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Kingship received an impetus from the Persian and Greek invasions of the Punjab. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They forged the direct primary and the State University out of the impetus within themselves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The seeming antisocial philosophy was a somewhat transparent mask for an impetus toward a wider and freer society--toward cosmopolitanism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This art received its greatest impetus, however, under Wright’s British patent No. 4,955, of 1824. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With what pungent vivacities--what an impetus of mutiny--what a fougue of injustice! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I felt veneration for St. John--veneration so strong that its impetus thrust me at once to the point I had so long shunned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His body, borne by the impetus of his headlong rush, plunged upon me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In addition to scientific discoveries, the manufacture of glass in England received a great impetus by the removal of onerous excise duties which had been imposed on its manufacture. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the first place, it involves loss of impetus. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Now this concentration must represent a profound impetus in the business world--an impetus which certainly cannot be obliterated, even if anyone were foolish enough to wish it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Osborne patented in Australia, and in 1861 in the United States, a transfer process which gave such great impetus to the art that he may be considered its founder and chief promotor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About the middle of the Nineteenth Century a great impetus was given to the development of artillery by the Crimean War, followed by the Civil War of the United States. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The religious and political turmoils in Germany in the sixteenth century gave an immense impetus to printing there. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was not failing now for want of impetus, but for want of finished ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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