impetus
Anything that impels; a stimulating factorAnything that impels; a stimulating factor.
» If there's no reward, what's the impetus to return their dog?
Если не будет вознаграждения, какой смысл возвращать им собаку?
Значение
значений: 5Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
The outbreak of World War II in 1939 gave a new impetus to receiver development.
Antrieb, Schub, Anstoß
и́мпульсímpulʹs, сти́мулstímul, толчо́кtolčók
імпульсimpulʹs, поштовхpoštovx, стимулstymul
A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
Triebkraft
The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
Antrieb, Anschub
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.
Schwung, Wucht, Schub
- a force that moves something along
- the act of applying force suddenly
Примеры
предложений: 6If there's no reward, what's the impetus to return their dog?
Если не будет вознаграждения, какой смысл возвращать им собаку?
The scientific and technological revolution gave a powerful impetus to the development of avant-garde art.
Научно-техническая революция дала мощный толчок развитию искусства авангарда.
deDie wissenschaftliche und technische Revolution war ein mächtiger Ansporn für die Entwicklung der Avantgardekunst.
He did everything with great impetus.
What gave you the impetus to change?
deWas hat dir den Anstoß gegeben, dich zu ändern?
What's the impetus underlying all of your actions?
Переводы
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Происхождение
Borrowed from Latin impetus (“a rushing upon, an attack, assault, onset”), from impetō (“tBorrowed from Latin impetus (“a rushing upon, an attack, assault, onset”), from impetō (“to rush upon, attack”), from in- (“upon”) + petō (“to seek, fall upon”).
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