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Basilary :: Basilary (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..

Libertine :: Libertine (n.) One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee..

Self-moving :: Self-moving (a.) Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse..

Kinesodic :: Kinesodic (a.) Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly..

Swash :: Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles..

Affectional :: Affectional (a.) Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature..

Impulsive :: Impulsive (n.) That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.

Renitent :: Renitent (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

Impulsive :: Impulsive (a.) Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.

Injector :: Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor..

Turbine :: Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like..

Shog :: Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind..

Impetus :: Impetus (n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.

Self-motion :: Self-motion (n.) Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion..

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