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impetus meaning in Sanskrit

वेग véga

/ˈɪm.pə.təs/

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nonstandard/ɪmˈpiː.təs/

impetus in Sanskrit: वेग (véga). In English, impetus means anything that impels; a stimulating factor.

Sanskrit words for impetus

impetus; momentum
वेग véga

English meaning of impetus

  1. noun Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
  2. noun A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
  3. noun The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
  4. noun A principle of motive force, held as equivalent to weight times velocity by John Buridan, in an auxiliary theory of Aristotelian dynamics introduced by John Philoponus, describing projectile motion against gravity as linear until it transitions to a vertical drop and the intellectual precursor to the concepts of inertia, momentum and acceleration in classical mechanics.

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impetus in a sentence

  • The outbreak of World War II in 1939 gave a new impetus to receiver development.

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Questions about impetus in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of impetus in Sanskrit?
Impetus in Sanskrit is वेग (véga).
impetus इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Impetus: वेग (véga).
What does impetus mean in English?
Impetus means anything that impels; a stimulating factor.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “impetus”: वेग. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: impetus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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