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Meaning of impulse


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  impulse
      n 1: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn:
           {urge}, {impulse}]
      2: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn:
         {caprice}, {impulse}, {whim}]
      3: the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber;
         "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the
         cortex to the hypothalamus" [syn: {nerve impulse}, {nervous
         impulse}, {neural impulse}, {impulse}]
      4: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical
         state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations
         seemed to be coming from a star" [syn: {pulsation},
         {pulsing}, {pulse}, {impulse}]
      5: the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him
         over" [syn: {impulse}, {impulsion}, {impetus}]
      6: an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried
         it off the road" [syn: {momentum}, {impulse}]


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