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  • Definition
    • impulse :an instinctive motive
      • profound religious impulses

    • impulse :a sudden desire
      • he bought it on an impulse

    • impulse :the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
      • they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus

    • 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

    • impulse :the act of applying force suddenly
      • the impulse knocked him over

    • impulse :an impelling force or strength
      • the car's momentum carried it off the road

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