impellent

English

Adjective

impellent (comparative more impellent, superlative most impellent)

  1. Having the quality of being impelling.
    an impellent force
    • 1827, John Farey, A Treatise on the Steam Engine Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, page 181:
      Hence, the excess of impellent force which was given to the piston, beyond what was absolutely requisite to overcome the resistances to its motion, was made available to prolong that motion, beyond the point at which the impellent force […]

Noun

impellent (plural impellents)

  1. An impelling power or force.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Glanvill to this entry?)

Translations

References
  • impellent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Latin

Verb

impellent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of impellō
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