impetus

impetus has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
• 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.
• n.. the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"
• n.. a force that moves something along