Impulse

Noun

 * 1) A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
 * 2) A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one.
 * The impulse to learn drove me to study night and day.
 * When I saw the new dictionary, I couldn't resist the impulse to browse through it.
 * 1)  The integral of force over time.
 * The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the bullet.

Derived terms

 * impulse buy
 * nerve impulse
 * on impulse

Related terms

 * impel
 * impulsion
 * impulsive
 * impulsively
 * impulsiveness
 * impulsor
 * pulse

Adjectives for Impulse
peculiar; sudden; abrupt; unconscious; bibulous; burning; mad; perverse; speculative; visionary; violent; admirable; kindly; generous; irresistible; poetical; unintelligent; mutual; wandering; malignant; choice; successive (pi); lively; kinesthetic; changing; mighty; repressed; spontaneous; august; inward; dreadful; confiding; grateful; rash; strong; suspended; dramatic; subtle; pleasurable; lyrical; natural; deepest; simpler; animating; maddening; national; mysterious; creative; popular; simultaneous; senseless; unanimous; intensified; headlong; sonorous; inexplicable; selfsame; involuntary; overmastering; fierce; missionary; repressed; deep-reaching; celestial; morbid; immortal; disturbing; frustrated; blind; vital; governing; patriotic; analytic; upward; primary; chivalrous; wondrous; initial; common; romantic; instinctive; primitive; powerful; lightning; consecutive; intensifying; restless; motivating; piquant; unreasoning; singular; cordial; original; separate; drunken; obscure; latent; aristocratic; unguarded; indescribable; isochronous; unequaled; unprecedented; boisterous; warm; regular; excitable; westward; varying (pi); recurrent; uncontrollable; mastering; transcendent; catlike; electric; artistic; praiseworthy.

Verbs for Impulse
arouse—; block—; blunt—; choke—; control —; cultivate—; curb—; deaden—; destroy —; direct—; eradicate—; exercise—; exhaust—; follow—; impart—; manifest—; obey—; perform on—; respond to—; restrain—; sense—;  sidetrack  (colloq.)—; stifle—; subordinate—; suppress—; yield to—; —departs; —overwhelms; —persists; —rends; —sweeps over ; —travels.

Thesaurus
actuation, archetypal pattern, archetype, atomic power, automatic writing, automatism, blind impulse, catalyst, collective unconscious, compulsion, compulsiveness, conditioning, constraint, drive, echolalia, echopraxia, electric power, electropower, excitant, exigency, forwardness, goad, haste, hastiness, horsepower, hydraulic power, hydroelectric power, id, impetus, impulsion, impulsiveness, inborn proclivity, incentive, incitation, incitement, instinct, instinctiveness, involuntariness, jet power, libido, lust, manpower, motivation, natural instinct, natural tendency, nuclear power, overhastiness, passion, pinch, piston power, precipitation, precociousness, precocity, prematureness, prematurity, press, pressure, primitive self, propulsion, push, rash impulse, reflex action, rocket power, rush, sheer chemistry, solar power, spur, steam power, stimulant, stress, subconscious urge, thermonuclear power, thrust, unlearned capacity, unreasoning impulse, untimeliness, unwilledness, urge, urgency, vital impulse, water power

Etymology
From impulsus:.

For spelling, as in pulse:, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls:, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else:, false:, convulse:.

Translations

 * Basque: olde
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 衝動, 推力
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ορμέμφυτο
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 衝動, 衝撃, 推進力
 * Persian: تکانه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish: impuls, ingivelse


 * Catalan: antull, capritx, caprici


 * Catalan:, impulsió
 * Czech: impuls síly


 * German:
 * Spanish:

Verb
impulse