English to English
noun
- an instinctive motive
Profound religious impulses.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a sudden desire
He bought it on an impulse.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
They demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
The pulsations seemed to be coming from a star.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of applying force suddenly
The impulse knocked him over.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an impelling force or strength
The car's momentum carried it off the road.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- To impel; to incite.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [impéls] Buyó; udyok
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
