impetus
Meaning of impetus
noun
- the force or energy with which a body moves.
hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus
mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘assault, force’, from impetere ‘assail’, from in- ‘towards’ + petere ‘seek’.
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Hyphenation of impetus
im-pe-tus
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- impetus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
impetus synonyms
Meaning drift:
Meaning impulse:
Meaning the impetus and driving force gained by the development of a process or course of events:
Meaning the action of driving or pushing forwards:
Meaning a trip or journey in a car:
Meaning the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine:
Meaning the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity:
Meaning strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement:
Meaning the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way:
Meaning an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning energy and momentum or impetus:
Meaning the quality or state of being physically strong:
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Words that rhyme with impetus
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