Meaning of impulse | Babel Free

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1. A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
2. A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
3. Characterized by impulsiveness or acting on impulse: an impulse shopper; impulse buying.
4. The integral of force over time.
5. done, or likely to act, suddenly, without careful thought. an impulsive action; You're far too impulsive! impulsief نَزوي، مُتَهَوِّر، نَزِق импулсивен impulsivo nutkavý; vznětlivý impulsiv impulsiv αυθόρμητος, παρορμητικόςimpulsivo impulsiivne هوسی؛ ویری impulsiivinen impulsifאימפולסיבי आवेगी impulzivan lobbanékony impulsif hvatvís, fljóthuga impulsivo 衝動的な 충동적인 impulsyvus impulsīvs mengikut gerakan hati impulsiefimpulsiv, spontanimpulsywny دخوځوونكى، پورى وهو نكى، ټكان وركوونكى، پاروونكى im...
6. impulsief بانْدِفاع، بِتَهَوُّر импулсивно impulsivamente bez rozmyslu impulsiv impulsivt αυθόρμητα impulsivamente impulsiivselt بلا اختیار impulsiivisesti impulsivement בְּאוֹפֶן אִימפּוּלסִיבִי आवेगशील impulzivno impulzívan secara impulsif hvatvíslega impulsivamente 衝動的に 충동적으로 impulsyviai impulsīvi dengan mengikut gerak hati impulsiefimpulsivt impulsywnie دخوځونى په ډول، په پارولو impulsivamente impulsiv импульсивно impulzívne nagonsko impulsivno impulsivt อย่างหุนหันพลันแล่น düşüncesizce 衝...
7. impulsiwiteit إنْدِفاع، تَهَوُّر импулсивност impulsividade vznětlivost impulsive Art impulsivitet αυθορμητισμόςimpulsividad impulsiivsus تکانشگری؛ نیروی آنی impulsiivisuus impulsivité אִימפּוּלסִיבִיוּת आवेगिता impulzivnost lobbanékonyság sifat impulsif hvatvísi impulsività 衝動性 충동적임 impulsyvumas impulsivitāte suka mengikut gerak hati impulsieve aard spontanitet popędliwość فوري نيرو impulsividade impulsivitate импульсивность impulzívnosť impulzivnost impulsivnost impulsivitet ความหุนหันพลันแ...
8. An impelling force; an impetus.
9. A sudden wish or urge that prompts an unpremeditated act or feeling; an abrupt inclination: had an impulse to run away; an impulse of regret that made me hesitate; bought a hat on impulse.
10. A motivating force or tendency: "Respect for the liberty of others is not a natural impulse in most men" (Bertrand Russell).
11. Electronics A surge of electrical power in one direction.
    Electronics
12. Physics The product obtained by multiplying the average value of a force by the time during which it acts. The impulse equals the change in momentum produced by the force in this time interval.
    Physics
13. Physiology The electrochemical transmission of a signal along a nerve fiber that produces an excitatory or inhibitory response at a target tissue, such as a muscle or another nerve.
    Physiology

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Examples

“c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse.”

“The impulse to learn drove me to study night and day.”

“When I saw the new book, I couldn't resist the impulse to browse through it.”

“Theſe were my natural Impulses for the undertaking: […]”

“Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].””

“An impulse urged him to plant a sudden blow on it, by he forced himself to consider the impolicy of such an act.”

“The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the projectile.”

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