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Dictionary definition for: Impulse
1. (n) an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"
2. (n) a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"
3. (n) the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
4. (n) (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"
5. (n) the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"
6. (n) an impelling force or strength; "the car''s momentum carried it off the road"
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