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impulse

Definition of impulse (English)

noun

  1. an instinctive motive
    • profound religious impulses
    sumber: wordnet30
  2. a sudden desire
    • he bought it on an impulse
    sumber: wordnet30
  3. the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
    • they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
    sumber: wordnet30
  4. (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
    sumber: wordnet30
  5. the act of applying force suddenly
    • the impulse knocked him over
    sumber: wordnet30
  6. an impelling force or strength
    • the car's momentum carried it off the road
    sumber: wordnet30
  7. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
    sumber: webster1913

verb

  1. To impel; to incite.
    sumber: webster1913