| NOUN | motive | impulse, urge | an instinctive motive |
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| feeling | impulse, caprice, whim | a sudden desire | |
| event | impulse, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse | the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | |
| event | impulse, pulsation, pulsing, pulse | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) | |
| act | impulse, impulsion, impetus | the act of applying force suddenly | |
| attribute | impulse, momentum | an impelling force or strength |
| Sounds | ihmpah'ls; ih'mpahls | |
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| Rhymes | pulse ... repulse: 3 rhymes with ahls... | |
| Meaning | An instinctive motive. | |
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| Example | "profound religious impulses" | |
| Synonym | urge | |
| Narrower | abience | (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object |
| adience | (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object | |
| death instinct, death wish, Thanatos | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die | |
| wanderlust, itchy feet | Very strong or irresistible impulse to travel | |
| Broader | motivation, motive, need | The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal |
| Spanish | impulso | |
| Meaning | A sudden desire. | |
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| Example | "he bought it on an impulse" | |
| Synonyms | caprice, whim | |
| Broader | desire | The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
| Spanish | antojo, capricho, extravagancia, impulso, ventolera | |
| Catalan | caprici, capritx, rampell | |
| Meaning | The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber. | |
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| Example | "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus" | |
| Synonyms | nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse | |
| Narrower | action potential | The local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted |
| Broader | electrical discharge | A discharge of electricity |
| Spanish | impulso nervioso | |
| Catalan | impuls nerviós | |
| Meaning | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients). | |
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| Synonyms | pulsation, pulsing, pulse | |
| Category | electronics | The branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices |
| Broader | wave, undulation | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
| Spanish | pulsación, pulso | |
| Meaning | The act of applying force suddenly. | |
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| Example | "the impulse knocked him over" | |
| Synonyms | impulsion, impetus | |
| Broader | drive, thrust, driving force | The act of applying force to propel something |
| Spanish | ímpetu, impulsión, impulso | |
| Catalan | ímpetu, impulsió, impuls | |
| Meaning | An impelling force or strength. | |
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| Synonym | momentum | |
| Broader | force, forcefulness, strength | Physical energy or intensity |
| Spanish | impulso, momentum | |
| Catalan | impuls | |
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