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English to English noun
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an instinctive motive |  | Example: profound religious impulses
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a sudden desire | | Example: he bought it on an impulse
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the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | | Example: they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
source: wordnet30
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(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | | Example: the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
source: wordnet30
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the act of applying force suddenly | | Example: the impulse knocked him over
source: wordnet30
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an impelling force or strength | | Example: the car's momentum carried it off the road
source: wordnet30
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The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. | | source: webster1913
verb
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To impel; to incite. | | source: webster1913
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