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"they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"nounthe electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
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nounan impelling force or strength
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"he bought it on an impulse"nouna sudden desiretype of:
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"the impulse knocked him over"nounthe act of applying force suddenlytype of:
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"profound religious impulses"nounan instinctive motive
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noun(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)type of:
Definition that contains impulse
- fire generate an electrical impulse
- sex all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
- suddenly on impulse; without premeditation
- shock a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
- complex (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
- isolation (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
- fling a brief indulgence of your impulses
- impulsive determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
- impulsive proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
- suppress consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior