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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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