What is "impetuses"

Usage examples of "impetuses".

Sure enough, one rebounded on the near side and two on the far side, their impetuses passing through each other unscathed.

Her brain hummed and wavered with conflicting impetuses, yet her thoughts and actions came crisp and clear and cold, and she had never felt anything quite like it in her life.

Her brain hummed and wavered with conflicting impetuses, yet her thoughts and actions came crisp and clear and cold, and she'd never felt anything quite like it in her life.