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conatus

/kəʊˈneɪ.təs/ UK, singular
/koʊˈneɪ.təs/ US, singular
/kəʊˈneɪtuːs/ UK, plural
/koʊˈneɪ.tus/ US, plural

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Borrowed from Latin cōnātus.

noun conatuses · conatus

An effort, an endeavour, a striving.
Such a striving effort that is a life force. Creationists commonly doctor the Second Law of Thermodynamics to claim that biological evolution, an increase in order over time, is physically impossible. The part of the law they omit is “in a closed system.” Organisms are open systems: they capture energy from the sun, food, or ocean vents to car
A force or impulse. [E]ach part so moved does by that motion exert a conatus of protruding and displacing all the adjacent Particles.
Similar: nisus

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noun effort

Español	conato

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@misc{conatus_2026,
  title = {conatus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conatus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}