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Definition of Impulses

Impulse
Impulse Im"pulse, n. [L. impulsus, fr. impellere. See Impel.] 1. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse. --S. Clarke. 2. The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force. 3. (Mech.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body. 4. A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will. These were my natural impulses for the undertaking. --Dryden. Syn: Force; incentive; influence; motive; feeling; incitement; instigation.
Impulse
Impulse Im*pulse", v. t. [See Impel.] To impel; to incite. [Obs.] --Pope.

Meaning of Impulses from wikipedia

- Look up impulse or impulsive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Impulse or Impulsive may refer to: Impulse (physics), in mechanics, the change of momentum...
- In the field of consumer behavior, an impulse purchase or impulse buying is an unplanned decision by a consumer to buy a product or service, made just...
- macroeconomic modeling, impulse response functions are used to describe how the economy reacts over time to exogenous impulses, which economists usually...
- The Hero Impulse is a motorcycle produced by Hero MotoCorp Ltd. Production was discontinued in 2016, sales were stopped in 2014 due to poor demand. Hero...
- Acting on Impulse is a 1993 American film directed by Sam Irvin and starring Linda Fiorentino, Nancy Allen, and C. Thomas Howell. The film, which is also...
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- through an operating nuclear reactor. Testing in the 1960s yielded specific impulses of about 850 seconds (8,340 m/s), about twice that of the Space Shuttle...
- Polaroid Impulse is a camera produced by Polaroid Corporation between 1988 and 1994. The camera uses Polaroid's 600-series integral film. The Impulse is distinguished...
- Impulse Space is a startup founded in 2021 developing in-space transportation technology and services for satellites that fly to Low Earth Orbit but then...
- In criminal law, irresistible impulse is a defense by excuse, in this case some sort of insanity, in which the defendant argues that they should not be...