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1. Impulse
   A current surge
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2. impulse
   [n] - the act of applying force suddenly
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3. Impulse
   The moment of contact between the escapement and the balance which allows the power of the mainspring to be momentarily fed through to the balance, so that it keeps moving instead of drifting to a halt.
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4. impulse
   the channel within the take-home market that includes convenience stores, petrol station forecourts, off-licences, independent grocers and confectionery, tobacco, and news retailers
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5. Impulse
   The electrical activity that travels along the long, thread-like nerve cells. It is a way of sending messages from one part of the body to another.
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6. Impulse
   The product of the force and the time during which it acts. This vector quantity is equal to the change in momentum. See also: Force, Pulse Range, Time.
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7. impulse
   a sudden pushing or driving force Category: Medicine • a surge of unidirectional polarity Category: Electrical engineering and energy • product of mass and velocity Category: Physics • a sudden,often unreasoning,determination to perform some act Category: Medic...
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8. Impulse
   Im'pulse noun [ Latin impulsus , from impellere . See Impel .] 1. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. «...
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9. Impulse
   Im·pulse' transitive verb [ See Impel .] To impel; to incite. [ Obsolete] Pope.
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10. impulse
    1. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. 'All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse.' (S. Clarke) ... 2. The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sud...
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11. impulse
    impetus noun the act of applying force suddenly; `the impulse knocked him over`
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12. impulse
    (im´pәls) a sudden pushing force. a sudden uncontrollable determination to act. nerve impulse. cardiac impulse a heartbeat palpated over the left side of the chest at the apex of the heart. See also point of maximal impulse. nerve impulse&n...
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13. Impulse
    • (n.) The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. • (v. t.) To impel; to incite. • (n.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; a...
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14. impulse
    (from the article `mechanics`) This integral is known as the impulse imparted to the particle. In order to perform the integral, it is necessary to know r at all times so that F ... ...change in momentum, where impulse is force multiplied by the time during which it acts. A molecule experiences a change in momentum when it ... ...for...
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15. impulse
    (from the article `criminology`) ...on early childhood experiences that tended to lead to criminality in later life, including poor parental child-rearing techniques, such as harsh ...
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16. impulse
    
    • an instinctive motive
    • a sudden desire
    • the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
    • (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
    • the act of applying force suddenly
    • an impelling force or strength
    
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17. impulse
    a pulse that, for a given application, approximates a unit pulse or a Dirac function
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18. impulse
    time integral of a force over the time during which the force is applied
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19. impulse
    impulse, in mechanics: see momentum.
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20. impulse
    Type: Term Pronunciation: im′pŭls Definitions: 1. A sudden pushing or driving force. 2. A sudden, often unreasoning, determination to perform some act. 3. The action potential of a nerve fiber.
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21. Impulse
    (physics) In classical mechanics, an `impulse` (abbreviated I or J) is defined as the integral of a force with respect to time. When a force is applied to a rigid body it changes the momentum of that body. A small force applied for a long time can produce the same momentum chang...
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22. Impulse
    (body mist) `Impulse` is a bodyspray manufactured by Fabergé which was part of Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch company based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and London, United Kingdom. Introduced as a `perfume deodorant` in South Africa in 1972, Impulse was launched in the UK in 1979, including the bu...
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23. Impulse
    (Psionex) image= --> `Impulse` (`Dwight Hubbard`) is a Marvel Comics character created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley. Impulse first appeared as a member of Psionex in New Warriors vol.1 #4. Fictional character biography: Dwight Hubbard was a violent gang member who was granted enha...
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24. Impulse
    (Software company) `Impulse, Inc.` is a software company responsible for making several 3D modeling and rendering applications. Most notably TurboSilver and Imagine for the Amiga computer. They were originally located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. After movin...
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25. Impulse
    (psychology) An `impulse` is a wish or urge, particularly a sudden one. It can be considered as a normal and fundamental part of human thought processes, but also one that can become problematic, as in a condition like obsessive-compulsive disorder. The ability to control impulses, or more sp...
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