impetus
Anything that impels; a stimulating factorAnything that impels; a stimulating factor.
» He did everything with great impetus.
Meaning
5 sensesAnything 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
Examples
6 sentencesHe 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?
If there's no reward, what's the impetus to return their dog?
ruЕсли не будет вознаграждения, какой смысл возвращать им собаку?
Note that the impetus for change has undergone a series of transformations in this community.
Translations
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Origin
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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