"impulses" in the noun sense
1. urge, impulse
an instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"
2. caprice, impulse, whim
a sudden desire
"he bought it on an impulse"
3. nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
"they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
4. pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse
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"
5. impulse, impulsion, impetus
the act of applying force suddenly
"the impulse knocked him over"
6. momentum, impulse
an impelling force or strength
"the car's momentum carried it off the road"
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