| 释义 |
Noun: impulse impúls- An instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"
- urge - A sudden desire
"he bought it on an impulse"
- caprice, whim - The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fibre
"they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
- nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- pulsation, pulsing, pulse - The act of applying force suddenly
"the impulse knocked him over"
- impulsion, impetus - An impelling force or strength
- momentum
Derived forms: impulses Type of: desire, drive, driving force, electrical discharge, force, forcefulness, motivation, motive, need, strength, thrust, undulation, wave Encyclopedia: Impulse |