Definition of Impulse
Noun: impulse 'im,púls
- An instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses";
- urge
- A sudden desire
"he bought it on an impulse";
- caprice, whim
- The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fibre
"they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus";
- nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- pulsation, pulsing, pulse
- The act of applying force suddenly
"the impulse knocked him over";
- impulsion, impetus
- An impelling force or strength
- momentum
See also:
impuissant
impulsed
Anagrams containing the word impulse