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Impetus


1. (n.) A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
2. (n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
3. (n.) The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.


This definition(s) of Impetus is taken from Websters 1913 Dictionary.



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