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Pronunciation guide for impetus
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of impetus with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
The impetus for the exhibition was the acquisition in 2012
- Definition summary
- Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
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How to pronounce impetus
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
The impetus for the exhibition was the acquisition in 2012
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “impetus”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
- A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
- The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
- (history, medieval physics) 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.
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