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English noun: impulse | |||
| 1. | impulse (motive) an instinctive motive | ||
| Samples | Profound religious impulses. | ||
| Synonyms | urge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motivation, motive, need | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abience, adience, death instinct, death wish, itchy feet, Thanatos, wanderlust | ||
| 2. | impulse (feeling) a sudden desire | ||
| Samples | He bought it on an impulse. | ||
| Synonyms | caprice, whim | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desire | ||
| 3. | impulse (event) the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | ||
| Samples | They demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus. | ||
| Synonyms | nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electrical discharge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | action potential | ||
| 4. | impulse (event) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | ||
| Samples | The pulsations seemed to be coming from a star. | ||
| Synonyms | pulsation, pulse, pulsing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undulation, wave | ||
| Domain category | electronics | ||
| 5. | impulse (act) the act of applying force suddenly | ||
| Samples | The impulse knocked him over. | ||
| Synonyms | impetus, impulsion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drive, driving force, thrust | ||
| 6. | impulse (attribute) an impelling force or strength | ||
| Samples | The car's momentum carried it off the road. | ||
| Synonyms | momentum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, forcefulness, strength | ||
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