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Definition of Impulse |
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Impulse
The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force. 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. 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. To impel; to incite. Related Definitions: Act, Action, An, And, Appetite, As, Blow, Body, By, Communicated, Directly, Driving, During, Effect, Elastic, Especially, Force, Gives, Good, Hard, Hasty, Immediately, Impel, Impelling, Impulse, Impulsion, Incite, Incitement, Influence, Interval, Man, Mental, Momentary, Motion, Motive, Of, Often, Onward, Or, Passion, Produced, Propension, Simply, Small, So, Such, Sudden, The, Time, To, Transient, Upon, Very, Violent, Which, Will, With |
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Impulse Quotations
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. Helen Keller Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values. Abraham Maslow All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization. Abraham Maslow It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study? Jane Austen The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong. John Steinbeck Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own. Robert Collier Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. Rabindranath Tagore Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it. Richard Branson The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous. Aldous Huxley |
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Impulse Translations
impulse in Dutch is aandrift, drang, impuls, aandrang impulse in French is impulsion, incitation impulse in Latin is pulsus impulse in Norwegian is tilskyndelse, impuls, innfall impulse in Portuguese is impulso impulse in Spanish is instinto, impulso impulse in Swedish is impuls, ingivelse |
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