Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM'PE-TUS
IM-PET'U-OUS-NESSIM-PIC'TUR-ED
IM'PE-TUS, n.
In gunnery, the altitude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece. Brande.
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