Impulse

  • 11impulse — ► NOUN 1) a sudden strong and unreflective urge to act. 2) a driving force; an impetus. 3) a pulse of electrical energy; a brief current. 4) Physics a force acting briefly on a body and producing a change of momentum. ORIGIN Latin impulsus a push …

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  • 12Impulse — Contents 1 Science 2 Film and television 3 Print media 4 M …

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  • 13Impulse C — Infobox programming language name = Impulse C paradigm = year = 2003 designer = Impulse Accelerated Technologies developer = Impulse Accelerated Technologies latest release version = 2.20 latest release date = 2006 12 20 typing = implementations …

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  • 14impulse — noun 1 sudden strong wish ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ irresistible ▪ first, initial, original ▪ My first impulse was to run away …

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  • 15impulse — n. driving force 1) to feel an impulse 2) to curb, resist an impulse 3) an irresistible impulse 4) an impulse to + inf. (he felt an irresistible impulse to buy a new TV set) 5) on, under (an) impulse (to act on impulse) stimulus 6) to convey,… …

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  • 16Impulse — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impulse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impulse impulse impulsion impetus Sgm: N 1 momentum momentum Sgm: N 1 push push pulsion thrust shove jog jolt …

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  • 17impulse */ — UK [ˈɪmpʌls] / US [ˈɪmˌpʌls] noun Word forms impulse : singular impulse plural impulses 1) [countable/uncountable] a sudden strong feeling that you must do something an impulse to do something: Jenny felt a sudden impulse to play some music.… …

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  • 18Impulse — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Impulse », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Impulse signifie pulsion, impulsion en anglais …

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  • 19impulse — [[t]ɪ̱mpʌls[/t]] impulses 1) N VAR: oft N to inf An impulse is a sudden desire to do something. Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again... He still couldn t understand the impulse that had made him confide in Cassandra... Wade… …

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  • 20impulse — 01. On an [impulse], I decided it would be fun to take my wife out to dinner as a surprise. 02. When my boss told me I was fired, my first [impulse] was to punch him, but I quickly decided that it wouldn t be a good idea. 03. She had to fight the …

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