Thesaurus: impulse

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1. n. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
2. n. The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. v. t. To impel; to incite.
6. n. an instinctive motive
7. n. a sudden desire
8. n. the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
9. n. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
10. n. the act of applying force suddenly
11. n. an impelling force or strength