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impulse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse |
| Type of | electrical discharge |
| Has types | action potential |
they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | momentum |
| Type of | forcefulness, force, strength |
impulse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | impetus, impulsion |
| Type of | driving force, thrust, drive |
the impulse knocked him over.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | urge |
| Type of | motive, motivation, need |
| Has types | abience, adience, death instinct, death wish, itchy feet, thanatos, wanderlust |
profound religious impulses.
impulse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pulsation, pulse, pulsing |
| Type of | undulation, wave |
Examples of impulse
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Clearly, that's a thing of the past, and with it, the impulse to bipartisanship.
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Impulse is a growing company with approximately 200 customers and 190 employees.
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He's kind of like a 4-year-old in that he doesn't have a lot of impulse control.
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It spurred a new wave of one-upmanship, a key impulse in the Las Vegas identity.
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Impulse buys can increase bills of undisciplined shoppers by 50 percent or more.
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I'm in that group now, and I understand the impulse to see things I know I like.
From the charlotteobserver.com
No, enlightenment is simply learning how to live by the impulse you feel within.
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There was only episodic monitoring of feeling and impulse by the frontal cortex.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Despite that cartel's failure, the anticompetitive impulse survives to this day.
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- Urge: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"
- Caprice: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"
- Nerve impulse: the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
- Pulsation: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
- The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"
- Momentum: an impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road"
- Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City. John Coltrane was among Impulse! ...
- Impulse is a 1984 science fiction thriller film about the residents of a small rural town that after a small earthquake start to exhibit strange and violent behavior. The film was directed by Graham Baker, and stars Tim Matheson, Meg Tilly, and Hume Cronyn.
- Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles. The film was directed by Sondra Locke, and stars Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, and George Dzundza.
