Impulse ¹

Definition: The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.

Impulse ²

Definition: The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.

Impulse ³

Definition: 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.

Impulse ⁴

Definition: 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.

Impulse ⁵

Definition: To impel; to incite.

impulse ⁶

Definition: the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

impulse ⁷

Definition: an impelling force or strength; "the car''s momentum carried it off the road"

impulse ⁸

Definition: the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

impulse ⁹

Definition: (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 ¹⁰

Definition: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"

impulse ¹¹

Definition: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"