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im•pe•tus



Pronunciation: (im'pi-tus), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -tus•es.
1. a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
2. (broadly) the momentum of a moving body, esp. with reference to the cause of motion.

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