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impulse

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an instinctive motive(noun.motive)

Example:
Profound religious impulses.

Synonym:
urge

source: wordnet30
a sudden desire(noun.feeling)

Example:
He bought it on an impulse.

Synonym:
caprice, whim

source: wordnet30
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber(noun.event)

Example:
They demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus.

Synonym:
nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse

source: wordnet30
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)(noun.event)

Synonym:
pulsation, pulse, pulsing

source: wordnet30
the act of applying force suddenly(noun.act)

Example:
The impulse knocked him over.

Synonym:
impetus, impulsion

source: wordnet30
an impelling force or strength(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
momentum

source: wordnet30
The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.(noun)

source: webster1913

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