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    im·pe·tus
    [ˈimpədəs]
    noun
    impetus (noun) · impetuses (plural noun)
    1. the force or energy with which a body moves:
      "hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus"
    2. something that makes a process or activity happen or happen more quickly:
      "the ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism" · "the crisis provided the original impetus for the settlements" · "what the economy needs is a new impetus"
    Origin
    mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘assault, force’, from impetere ‘assail’, from in- ‘towards’ + petere ‘seek’.
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