Definition of impulse

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Impulse (n.) 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..

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Shog :: Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
Explosive :: Explosive (n.) A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation,155-7, 184.].
Asp :: Asp (n.) One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air..
Impulsive :: Impulsive (a.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces..
Self-motion :: Self-motion (n.) Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion..
Abandon :: Abandon (n.) A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
Impulsion :: Impulsion (n.) The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse..
Impulsive :: Impulsive (a.) Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
Impulse :: Impulse (n.) 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..
Enthusiasm :: Enthusiasm (n.) Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse..
Basilary :: Basilary (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.
Impulsive :: Impulsive (a.) Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
Pulse :: Pulse (n.) Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse..
Impulse :: Impulse (v. t.) To impel; to incite.
Touchback :: Touchback (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
Instinct :: Instinct (a.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method..
Harmonics :: Harmonics (n.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..
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