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List of meaning for impulse

an urge to do something

urge, impulse(noun)

an instinctive motive

"profound religious impulses"

caprice, impulse, whim(noun)

a sudden desire

"he bought it on an impulse"

nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse(noun)

the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

"they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse(noun)

(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"

impulse, impulsion, impetus(noun)

the act of applying force suddenly

"the impulse knocked him over"

momentum, impulse(noun)

an impelling force or strength

"the car's momentum carried it off the road"

something that arouses action or activity

the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

the universal, fundamental impulse of self-preservation

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