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impulse

Nouns

• (n) an instinctive motive
  • profound religious impulses
  urge,
• (n) a sudden desire
  • he bought it on an impulse
  caprice, whim,
• (n) the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
  • they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
  nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse,
• (n) (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
  pulsation, pulse, pulsing,
• (n) the act of applying force suddenly
  • the impulse knocked him over
  impetus, impulsion,
• (n) an impelling force or strength
  • the car's momentum carried it off the road
  momentum,

Synonyms

urge caprice whim nerve impulse nervous impulse neural impulse pulsation pulse pulsing impetus impulsion momentum

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