impetus

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
impetus

Plural
impetuses

impetus (plural impetuses)

  1. Something that impels, a stimulating factor.
    The outbreak of World War II in 1939 gave a new impetus to receiver development.
  2. A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
  3. The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
  4. An activity in response to a stimulus.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

impetus (genitive impetūs); m, fourth declension

  1. an attack

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative impetus impetūs
genitive impetūs impetuum
dative impetuī impetibus
accusative impetum impetūs
ablative impetū impetibus
vocative impetus impetūs
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