Definition of impulse

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Impulse (n.) The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.

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Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
Pressure :: Pressure (n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization..
Asp :: Asp (n.) One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air..
Impulse :: Impulse (n.) 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..
Impetus :: Impetus (n.) Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
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..
Sound :: Sound (n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound..
Acturience :: Acturience (n.) Tendency or impulse to act.
Self-motion :: Self-motion (n.) Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion..
Fit :: Fit (n.) A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action..
Instinct :: Instinct (a.) Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Stimulative :: Stimulation (n.) The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation..
Impulsive :: Impulsive (a.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces..
Spontaneous :: Spontaneous (a.) Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth..
Impulse :: Impulse (n.) 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..
Aesthesodic :: Aesthesodic (a.) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.
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..
Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. t.) To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer..
Hiccough :: Hiccough (n.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough..
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