impulse
Syllables: im·pulse/ˈɪmpʌls/
impulse noun: a thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
Noun
impulse (plural impulses)
- A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
- All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse.c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
- The impulse to learn drove me to study night and day.
- When I saw the new book, I couldn't resist the impulse to browse through it.
- The integral of force over time.
- The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the projectile.
Verb
impulse (third-person singular simple present impulses, present participle impulsing, simple past and past participle impulsed)
impulse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
impulse in Hindi
- (physics) integral force over time
- आवेग āveg
impulse in Tamil
- கணத்தாக்கம், கணத்தாக்கு, ஆய்த்தல், இழுக்கை
impulse in Marathi
- impulse
- वेग veg
impulse in Urdu
- impulse
- جنگ juṅg
More languagesFewer languages
- impulse in Bengali
- আবেগ, তাড়না, ঝোঁক, ধাক্কা
- impulse in Malayalam
- ആവേഗം āvēgaṁ
- impulse in Kannada
- ಉರವಣೆ, ಮುನ್ನುಗ್ಗುವ ಉರುಬು, ಒತ್ತರ, ಉದ್ವೇಗ
- impulse in Punjabi
- ਵੇਗ veg
- impulse in Gujarati
- આવેગ, ઇમ્પલ્સિંગ
- impulse in Sanskrit
- त्वेषस् tveṣas
- impulse in Nepali
- आवेग, आवेगमा, आवेगलाई
- impulse in Tagalog
- pitlag, dantay
- impulse in Persian
- تکانه tekâne
- impulse in Thai
- แรงกระตุ้น
Examples of impulse in a sentence
- Theſe were my natural Impulses for the undertaking: […]1685, John Dryden, transl., “Preface”, in Sylvæ: Or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC...
- Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- An impulse urged him to plant a sudden blow on it, by he forced himself to consider the impolicy of such an act.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 218:
Forms of impulse
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | impulses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | impulses |
| present participle | impulsing |
| past participle | impulsed |
| past | impulsed |
Origin of impulse
Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus.
Words formed from impulse
Phrases with impulse
Questions about impulse
- What does impulse mean?
- Impulse means a thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
- What is impulse in Hindi?
- Impulse in Hindi is आवेग (āveg). See Impulse meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use impulse in a sentence?
- Theſe were my natural Impulses for the undertaking: […]
- What part of speech is impulse?
- Impulse can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce impulse?
- Impulse is pronounced /ˈɪmpʌls/.
- What is the plural of impulse?
- The plural of impulse is impulses.
Words near impulse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impulse (page history and authors); impulse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वेग (Marathi) (page history and authors); جنگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); Impulse (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impulse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵੇਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); impulse (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impulse (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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