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plural noun
baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.
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Impedimenta
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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| impedimenta (ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | the baggage and equipment carried by an army |
| 2. | any objects or circumstances that impede progress |
| 3. | a plural of impediment |
| [C16: from Latin, plural of impedīmentum hindrance; see | |
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