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Meaning of 'impulse' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Impulse [ n.]
- The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
- The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.
- The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.
- A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will.
2 . Impulse [ v. t.]
- To impel; to incite.

Meaning of 'impulse' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . impulse [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a sudden desire
Example in sentence:
  • he bought it on an impulse
Meaning (2):
- an instinctive motive
Example in sentence:
  • profound religious impulses
Meaning (3):
- an impelling force or strength
Example in sentence:
  • the car's momentum carried it off the road
Meaning (4):
- the act of applying force suddenly
Example in sentence:
  • the impulse knocked him over
Meaning (5):
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
Example in sentence:
  • the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
Meaning (6):
- the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
Example in sentence:
  • they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus

Nearby Words:

imp imp-pole impacable impackment impact impacted impacting impaction impaint impair

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