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 Definitions of impulse  [ˈɪm pʌls]  

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Definition of 'impulse' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) impulse
the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.:
a generous impulse.

2.  impulse
sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action:
swayed by impulse.

3.  impulse
an instance of this:
an impulse to cry.

4.  impulse
an impelling action or force driving onward or inducing motion.

5.  impulse
the effect of an impelling force.

6.  impulse
a progressive wave of excitation over a nerve or muscle fiber having a stimulating or inhibitory effect.

7.  impulse
the product of the average force acting upon a body and the time during which it acts, equivalent to the change in the momentum of the body produced by such a force.

8.  impulse
a single, usu. sudden, flow of electric current in one direction.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < L impulsus pressure, impulse <impul-, var. s. of impellere to strike against; see impel)

Definition of 'impulse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) urge, impulse
an instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"

2. (noun) caprice, impulse, whim
a sudden desire
"he bought it on an impulse"

3. (noun) nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
"they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

4. (noun) pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse
(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"

5. (noun) impulse, impulsion, impetus
the act of applying force suddenly
"the impulse knocked him over"

6. (noun) momentum, impulse
an impelling force or strength
"the car's momentum carried it off the road"


Definition of 'impulse' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) impulse
a sudden strong desire to do sth
the impulse to start laughing; to act on impulse

2.  impulse
an electrical signal or a signal carried through the nerves in your body
electrical impulses in the body


Definition of 'impulse' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) impulse
the act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately

2. (noun) impulse
the effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force

3. (noun) impulse
the action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body

4. (noun) impulse
a mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will

5. (verb) impulse
to impel; to incite


Definition of 'impulse' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  impulse
(a) An electro-magnetic impulse is the impulse produced upon the luminiferous ether by an oscillatory discharge or other varying type of current; the impulse is supposed to be identical, except as regards wave-length, with a light wave.

(b) An electro-motive impulse is the electro-motive force which rises so high as to produce an impulsive or oscillatory discharge, such as that of a Leyden jar.


Translation of 'impulse' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a sudden desire to do something, without thinking about the consequences
I bought the dress on impulse; – I didn't really need it

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: impuls Arabic flag Arabic: نَزْوَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: порив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: impulso Czech flag Czech: náhlý popud German flag German: die Eingebung
Danish flag Danish: indskydelse; impuls Greek flag Greek: παρόρμηση, αυθόρμητη ενέρ Spanish flag Spanish: impulso
Estonian flag Estonian: siseaje Farsi flag Farsi: هوس Finnish flag Finnish: mielijohde
French flag French: impulsion Hebrew flag Hebrew: דַחַף Hindi flag Hindi: आवेग
Croatian flag Croatian: impuls, poriv Hungarian flag Hungarian: indíték; ösztönös cselekv Indonesian flag Indonesian: impuls, gerakan hati
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skyndilega hugdetta Italian flag Italian: impulso Japanese flag Japanese: 衝動
Korean flag Korean: 충동 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: impulsas Latvian flag Latvian: impulss
Malay flag Malay: gerakan hati Dutch flag Dutch: impuls, opwelling Norwegian flag Norwegian: impuls, innfall
Polish flag Polish: odruch Persian flag Persian: هوس Pashto flag Pashto: پورى وهنه، ټكان، خوځونه:
Portuguese flag Portuguese: impulso Romanian flag Romanian: impul­s Russian flag Russian: порыв
Slovak flag Slovak: popud Slovenian flag Slovenian: nagon Serbian flag Serbian: impuls
Swedish flag Swedish: impuls Thai flag Thai: ความใจเร็ว Turkish flag Turkish: ani istek, dürtü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 衝動 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спонукання; поштовх Urdu flag Urdu: اکساہٹ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự hấp tấp Chinese flag Chinese: 冲动

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