noun
an instinctive motive
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- profound religious impulses
noun
a sudden desire
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- he bought it on an impulse
noun
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
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nerve impulse
nervous impulse
neural impulse
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- they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
noun
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
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- the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
noun
the act of applying force suddenly
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- the impulse knocked him over
noun
an impelling force or strength
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- the car's momentum carried it off the road