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Impulse

Definitions: Impulse

Impulse

Noun

1. An instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses".

2. A sudden desire; "he bought it on impulse".

3. The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus".

4. (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. The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over".

6. An impelling force or strength; "the car's momentum carried it off the road".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "impulse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Impulse

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

1. The product of a force and the time during which the force is applied; more specifically, the impulse is where the force F is time dependent and equal to zero before time t1 and after time t2.2. Symbol It = total impulse. Compare specific impulse. (references)

Business

As the most compelling inner determinants of human behavior, -- are also called drives, urges, impulses, needs, wants, tensions, and willful cravings. Source: European Union. (references)

Computing

Through panelboard wiring, the. . reproducing punch. . is instructed to read the columns of the card at the reproducing brushes and transmit the -- to the punch dies for punching. Source: European Union. (references)

Electrical Engineering

The flow, or variation of flow, of energy, of short duration, generally with clearly defined leading and trailing edges. Source: European Union. (references)
 A surge of unidirectional polarity. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Product of mass and velocity. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

An inherent tendency. Source: European Union. (references)
 A sudden, often unreasoning, determination to perform some act. Source: European Union. (references)
 A sudden pushing or driving force. Source: European Union. (references)

Physics

The time integral of a force over the time during which the force is applied. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Impulse

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In classical mechanics, an impulse changes the momentum of an object. An impulse is calculated as the integral of force with respect to duration.

Using the definition of force yields:

See also specific impulse.

The term can also refer to any short-duration signal such as a nerve impulse, or a notional signal used to calculate impulse response, in the continuous case the Dirac delta function.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Impulse."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Impulse

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

IMPULSE

EnglishInteroperable Modular Pilot Plants Underlying Logistic System in EuropeEconomics

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Impulse

Synonyms: caprice (n), impetus (n), impulsion (n), momentum (n), nerve impulse (n), pulsation (n), pulse (n), pulsing (n), urge (n), vagary (n), whim (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: drive-in (medicinebusiness, medicine).

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Synonyms within Context: Impulse

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Aid

Relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing, set on one's legs; bear through, pull through; give new life to, be the making of; reinforce, reenforce, recruit; set forward, put forward, push forward; give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to; promote, further, forward, advance

Fuel

Adjective: carbonaceous; combustible, inflammable; high octane, high specific impulse; heat of combustion,.

Oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number oil, number oil, naphtha; rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox.

Impulse

Noun: impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt.

Improvisatore; creature of impulse.

Noun: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw; explosion; (violence); propulsion.

Motive

Verb: induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse; Noun: to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, beckon.

Persuasibility, persuasibleness; attractability; impressibility, susceptibility; softness; persuasiveness, attractiveness; tantalization. influence, prompting, dictate, instance; impulse, impulsion; incitement, incitation; press, instigation; provocation; (excitation of feeling); inspiration; persuasion, suasion; encouragement, advocacy; exhortation; advice; solicitation; (request); lobbyism; pull.

Necessity

Noun: involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn proclivity, innate proclivity; native tendency, natural tendency; natural impulse, predetermination.

Nonpreparation

Improvisation; (impulse).

Punishment

Lash, scaffold; (instrument of punishment); imprisonment; (restraint); transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism; penal servitude, hard labor; galleys; beating;Verb: flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, argumentum baculinum, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear; blow; (impulse); stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel; slap, slap in the face; wipe, douse; coup de grace; torture, rack; picket, picketing; dragonnade.

Regression

Put in motion, set in motion; set agoing, start; give a start, give an impulse to; impel; trundle; (set in rotation); expel.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Impulse

English words defined with "impulse": action potential, Acturience, Adams-Stokes syndrome, afflatus, Alan Hodgkin, all-or-none law, Andrew Fielding Huxley, Andrew Huxley, Appulse, arbitrary, atrioventricular block, atrioventricular bundle, atrioventricular trunkBreastwheel, bundle of Hiscapricious, cardiac cycle, centripetal, constricted, corticipetal, corticoafferent, Counterbuffheart block, Hodgkin, Huxleyimpetus, impulse turbine, impulse-buy, impulsion, impulsive, impulsiveness, indeterminate, Injector, irrational impulse, irresistible impulseJet pump, juncturekleptomanianerve impulse, neuromotorobscure, occasion, on the spur of the momentPsychophysical time, Purkinje network, Purkinje's system, Purkinje's tissuereceptive, Reflex action, Renitent, resting potentialSafety touchdown, Seismic vertical, Self-motion, Self-moved, sensory, Shog, Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, stampede, Stokes-Adams syndrome, sublimation, suddenlytarantism, Thrust plane, To push down, truncus atrioventricularisunpromptedvague, Verberationwanderlust, whimsical. (references)
Specialty definitions using "impulse": 50% disruptive discharge voltageAdrenergic Fibers, Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, automaticityBANKING PIN ADJUSTER, breaking lagcar retarder, cardiac pacing, Cholinergic Fibers, CHRONOMETER-BALANCE-AND-HAIRSPRING ASSEMBLER, control stage, conventional impulse withstand voltageDefibrillators, Implantable, density specific impulseectopic focus, ectopic site, electric fish screen, ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN, electronic impulse counter, emg technicia, escapement matcherFinite Impulse Response, firing impulsegashed rotor, governing stage, GUN SYNCHRONIZERHAIRSPRING VIBRATOR, hydrotatorIIR, impulse buying, Impulse Control Disorders, impulse counter, impulse noise, IMPULSE PIN, impulse purchase, Infinite Impulse Response, initial impulse, integral rotorJohnny Rawnatural frequencyObsessive BehaviorPelton Turbine, Pelton wheel, Pre-Excitation Syndromes, protection ratio against lightning impulses, protection ratio against switching impulsesRetinal PigmentsSA exit block, safety explosive, seismic wave, sinoatrial exit block, sinus arrest, sinus pause, SOLDERER, ULTRASONIC, HAND, solid rotor, specific impulse, specific propellant consumption, specific thrust, spherical wave front, stack effect, statistical impulse withstand voltage, Strike while the Iron is Hot, SUDDEN IMPULSE, sympathetic detonationtalk, time at shot point, total impulse, transmitted pulse, triggers, turbine wheelundershot wheel, unplaneed buying, Upper Level Systemvelocity-compounded impulse stage. (references)
Etymologies containing "impulse": osmometer, Osmose. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Impulse" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (momentums).

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Modern Usage: Impulse

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I had a mad impulse to throw you down on the lunar surface and commit interstellar perversion. (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

Is that your definition of a good man?. You must trust your initial impulse and consider leaving him. You'll never be able to feel good about yourself. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramn De Espaa)

Well, to run is a normal human impulse when they see a monster. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles)

And I felt when I walked in that there was something between us. There was an impulse that we were both following. (Taxi Driver; writing credit: Paul Schrader)

Movie/TV Titles

Impulse (1974)

The Creative Impulse (1969)

Force of Impulse (1961)

Impulse (1954)

A Woman of Impulse (1918)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Impulse

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Impulse Ice Cream in Oceana (reference)

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Impulse Ice Cream (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • An Impulse to Soar: Quotations by Women on Leadership (reference)

  • An Irresistible Impulse (reference)

  • Immigrants Out!: The New Nativism and the Anti-Immigrant Impulse in the United States (Critical America) (reference)

  • Impulse (reference)

  • Irresistible Impulse (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Impulse

AuthorQuotation

Baltasar Gracian

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Distrust all men in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!

Helen Keller

One cannot consent to creep when one has an impulse to soar.

James Russell Lowell

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

President Abraham Lincoln

Whenever hear any one, arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Terence

While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Impulse

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

The East-Indian and Chinese markets, the colonisation of America, trade with the colonies, the increase in the means of exchange and in commodities generally, gave to commerce, to navigation, to industry, an impulse never before known, and thereby, to the revolutionary element in the tottering feudal society, a rapid development. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Impulse

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Under that impulse, she had made her choice, and had chosen, as it now appeared, the more wretched alternative of the two.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Even now it is hard for us to understand what impulse he obeyed at that moment.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

If ever he was impelled to cast sin from him and to repent the impulse that moved him was the wish to be her knight.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Impulse

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The toxin weakens muscles by blocking the nerve impulse to the muscle. (references)

With this test, an image of the nerve impulse is projected on a screen as it transmits an electrical signal. (references)

A pacemaker needs to be carefully monitored after its insertion in order to properly adjust the electrical impulse. (references)

Business

Following the economic crisis, leading to Korea's worst recession in four decades, value-oriented consumption appears to be replacing the impulse buying and conspicuous consumption patterns prevalent before the crisis. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

Portuguese consumers have seen their purchasing power increase every year and increasingly buy on impulse. (references)

Australia

On a larger scale, of the latest to make an entry into the trunk routes, Impulse Airlines and Virgin Blue, only Virgin remains. (references)

Romania

By financing the building of small irrigation modules, the irrigation rehabilitation and reform project will give an impulse to farming in the respective areas. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Impulse

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961As we peer into society's future, we--you and I, and our government--must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Impulse

"Impulse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.11% of the time. "Impulse" is used about 686 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)98.11%6739,797
Lexical Verb (infinitive)1.31%9117,287
Lexical Verb (base form)0.29%2245,945
Noun (proper)0.15%1339,140
Noun (common)0.15%1339,140
                    Total100.00%686N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Impulse

Expressions using "impulse": conventional impulse withstand voltage creature of impulse electronic impulse counter finite Impulse Response give an impulse to high specific impulse fuel impulse buying Impulse Control Disorders impulse counter impulse machine impulse noise impulse purchase impulse ratio impulse turbine infinite Impulse Response infinite impulse response digital filter irrational impulse irresistible impulse natural impulse nerve impulse on impulse start impulse statistical impulse withstand voltage stop impulse. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "impulse": impulse-buy, impulse-buying, impulse-suit.

Ending with "impulse": id-impulse, mind-impulse, wish-impulse.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Impulse

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

impulse

430

impulse paintball

89

impulse rat

71

isuzu impulse

67

smart part impulse

60

impulse nasty

59

impulse sealer

55

impulse paintball gun

54

impulse tracker

49

impulse control disorder

42
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Impulse

Language Translations for "impulse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

aandrif (access, impetus). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

impuls (impetus, pulse), shtytje (boost, dub, impulsion, impulsiveness, incitement, inducement, jostle, persuasive, poke, pressure, prompt, prompting, propulsion, push, repulsion), shtysë (drive, dub, dynamics, impetus, push, stimulus), ngacmim (banter, bothering, chaff, dig, excitation, excitement, harassment, irritation, jesting, molestation, nagging, provocation, raillery, rally, rub, teasing). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نبضة (pulsation, tempo), ‏حافز (incentive, motivation, motive, push, reaction, stimulant), ‏إندفاع (break, burst, dash, dive, drift, fling, impulsion, impulsiveness, lunge, onrush, prod, raciness, rush, scramble, surge, tear), ‏أثر الدفع, ‏راسية, ‏دفعة (batch, class, installment, instalment, pay, payment), ‏دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel), ‏دافع باعث (cause, ground, impetus, incentive), ‏دافع (advocate, apologize, assert, buckler, champion, cushion, defend, guard, guard against, hold off, impetus, impulsive, inducement, motive, object, payer, projectile, propellant, propeller, propulsive, repulsive, score, stand for, stick up for, urge, vindicate), ‏باعث (incentive, inducement, motive, reason, stimulus), ‏بديهة (improvisation, intuition). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

стимул (brace, goad, impetus, inducement, oestrum, oestrus, propulsion, push, relish, savor, savour, spur, stimulant, stimulus), хрумване (fancy, flash, idea, inspiration, notion, quirk, whim, whimsy, whim-wham), тласък (fillip, impetus, jerk, propulsion, pulse, push, shock, shove, thrust, urge), порив (air blast, gust, movements, spirit, transport, urge), подтик (drive, fillip, goad, hypo, incentive, inducement, prompting, propulsion, push, relish, sanction, spur, stimulus, urge, whet), подбуда (incentive, inducement, inspiration, motion, motive, persuasive, prod, prompting, sanction, spring, spur, stimulus), инстинкт (drive, instinct), импулс (inspiration, momentum, motion, pulse, signal, urge). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

衝力 , 冲动. (various references)

   

Czech

  

impulz (impetus), popud (goad, incentive, incitement, initiative, stimulus), podnìt (incentive, initiative, stimulus, suggestion, swing), nutkání (compulsion, urge). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tilstrømning (access, impetus). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

impuls (access, count, drive, impetus, impulsion, pulse, spike), drang (access, impetus, instinct, pressure, push), aandrift (access, drive, impetus, instinct, urge), aandrang (access, congestion, crush, impetus, insistence, pressure, strain, stress, urgency). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

impulso (access, impetus). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تکان دادن (Budge, Convulse, Hitch, Hustle, Jar, Jolt, Jounce, Move, Shake, Startle, Stir, Twiddle, Wag, Wiggle), انگیزه ناگهانی , انگیزه دادن به , برانگیزش , برانگیختن (Abet, Act, Actuate, Arouse, Evince, Exacerbate, Exasperate, Excite, Heat, Infuse, Instigate, Irritate, Nettle, Prod, Prompt, Provoke, Roust, Sick, Whet). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

mielijohde (drive). (various references)

   

French

  

impulsion (impetus, impulsion), incitation (impetus), élan (impetus). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

oandriuw (access, impetus, insistence, pressure, urgency), oandrift (access, impetus). (various references)

   

German

  

Impuls (access, burst, drive, impetus, impulsion, momentum, pulse, pulsed quantity, strobe), Trieb (access, coasted, desire, drive, gear, gearing, herbaceous, impetus, impulsion, inclination, instinct, push, shoot, sprout, tided, transmission, transmission agent, transmission system, urge, wreaked), drang (drive, impulsion, instinct, pressure, stress, surge, thirst, urge, yearning), Antrieb (access, account, actuation, actuator, drive, drive head, drive line, driver, driving gear, driving mechanism, fillip, impellent, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, kind of drive, motive, movement, prime mover, prompting, propulsion, reason, spur, system of drive, transmission). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ώθηση (actuation, boost, furtherance, hunch, impetus, impulsion, jostle, kicking, motivation, propulsion, pulse, push, pushing off, spur, throwing, thrust, uplift, urge), παρόρμηση (compulsion, drive, impulsion, urge), ορμή (appetite, brunt, conation, dash, elan, impact, impetuosity, impetus, impulsion, momentum, precipitance, pulse, rush, urge, vehemence, vehemency). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מתקף (pulse), מ"חף (airscrew, propeller), מ יע (cause, motivation, motive, motor, spur, stimulus), יצר (compose, create, creature, desire, inclination, instinct, lust, nature, urge), אימפולס, "חיפ" (encouragement, lunge, momentum, propulsion, push, shove, stimulus, thrust), "חף (impetus, push, thrust, urge). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

impulzus (momentum, pulse), sugallat, indíték (cause, ground, grounds, inducement, motion, motivation, motive, persuasive, reason, stimulus), indítás (catapult, getting away, ignition, inducement, launch, launching, triggering), ihlet (furor, furore, inspiration), ösztönzés (fillip, fomentation, impetus, incentive, incitement, instigation, motivation, prompting, spur, stimulation, urge). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kejutan (jolt, shock, surprise), gerak hati (intuition), denyut (pulse, throb). (various references)

   

Italian

  

impulso (actuation, boost, conation, count, drive, impetus, impulsion, instinct, momentum, propulsion, pulse, push, spike, sway, urge). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

衝動 (urge). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょうどう (advocacy, converting someone to Buddhism, leading, urge), インパルス , はずみ (bound, chance, impetus, inertia, instant, momentum, rebound, spring, spur of the moment, stimulus). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

. (various references)

   

Manx

  

thollane (blockhead, fancy, fit of passion, giddy person), bree aigney. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

innfall (fad, quirk), impuls (impetus), tilskyndelse (incitement, inducement). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

impulseay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

impulso (boost, count, drift, drive, Eland, energizing impulse, go, head, impetus, impulsion, instinct, moment, motion, propulsive, pulse, push, rocket propulsion, shoot, shove, spur, thrust, urge), impulsão (buoyance, buoyancy, drive, impulsion, impulsive, instinct, pressure, propulsion, pulse, thrust). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

impuls (drive, fillip, gadfly, impetus, impulsion, momentum, motion, spur, stimulus, swing, urge), imbold (fillip, goad, impetus, impulsion, incentive), stimulent (cordial, drive, fillip, impetus, incentive, pick me up, spur, stimulant, stimulus, whet), motiv (account, call, cause, consideration, ground, motive, occasion, reason, score, spring, subject, wherefore, whys), mobil (changeable, detachable, mobile, motive, movable, moving, personal, removable, unstable, working), mişcare înainte, da un impuls (impel), îndemn (admonishment, incentive, inducement, urge), împingere (push, shove, thrust). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

импульс (impetus, impulsion, momentum, oestrum, oestrus, propulsion, pulse, urge). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

impuls (afflatus, momentum), podsticaj (abetment, fillip, goad, impetus, impulsion, incentive, prod, spur, stimulus, whet), pobuda (incetive, motivation, motive). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

instinto (access, flair, impetus, instinct, urge), impulso (drive, impeller, impetus, impulsion, momentum, pulse, speed, urge), impulsión (impulsion, pulse). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

impuls (drift, impetus, momentum, motion, pulse, suggestion), stöt (blast, bump, concussion, dig, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, jerk, job, jog, jolt, jostle, knock, pass, percussion, prod, push, shock, shove, thrust, thump), ingivelse (inspiration, intuition). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

itme (impellent, impulsion, jog, propulsion, push, pushing, repulse, repulsion, shove, thrust), itki, içtepi, uyarı etkisi, dürtü (challenge, compulsion, drive, ginger, impetus, impulsion, incentive, motivation, motive, spur, stimulation, urge), ani hareket (finisher, flick, jerk, saltation). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

імпульс (burst, impact, momentum, oestrus, pulse), спонукати (abet, actuate, cause, excite, impel, induce, motivate, motive, prick, prod, prompt, provoke, push on, rouse, set off, spur, urge), спонука (impetus, impulsion, incentive, motion, motivation, motive, oestrus, persuasive, provocation, urge), поштовх (concussion, fillip, hit, hitch, impetus, jog, joggle, kick, poke, propulsion, push, put, shake, shock, thrust, toss). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sức đẩy tới sự bốc đ"ng (impulsion), cơn bốc đ"ng sự thúc đẩy (impulsion). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

hwrdd (ram, stroke). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Impulse

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

citatum, citatus, conatum, conatus, concitatus, conflictus, momenta, momentis, momento, momentum, pulsus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Impulse

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 1, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOi ouk ex aimatwn oude ek qelhmatoV sarkoV oude ek qelhmatoV androV all ek qeou egennhqhsan
Latin405VulgateQui non ex sanguinibus neque ex voluntate carnis neque ex voluntate viri sed ex Deo nati sunt
Old English990West SaxonÞa ne synd akende of blode ne offlæsces willen. ne of weres willen. Ac hyosynt of gode akennede.
Middle English1395WyclifNether of the wille of fleische, nether of the wille of man, but ben borun of God.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWhich were borne not of bloude nor of the will of the flesshe nor yet of the will of man: but of God.
Jacobean English1611King JamesWhich were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Victorian English1833WebsterWho were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Basic English1964OgdenWhose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Impulse

LanguageJohn Chapter 1, Verse 13
BulgarianИ словото стана плът и пребиваваше между нас; и видяхме славата Му, слава като на Единородния от Отца, пълно с благодат и истина.
Cebuanokanila nga nangatawo dili gumikan sa dugo, ni sa pagbuot sa unod, ni sa pagbuot sa lalaki, kondili sa Dios.
Chinese這 等 人 不 是 從 血 氣 " 的 、 不 是 從 情 慾 " 的 、 也 不 是 從 人 意 " 的 、 乃 是 從   神 " 的 。
Croatiankoji su roðeni ne od krvi, ni od volje tjelesne, ni od volje muževlje, nego - od Boga.
Danishhvilke ikke bleve fødte af Blod, ej heller af Køds Villie, ej heller af Mands Villie, men af Gud.
DutchWelke niet uit den bloede, noch uit den wil des vleses, noch uit den wil des mans, maar uit God geboren zijn.
Finnishjotka eivät ole syntyneet verestä eikä lihan tahdosta eikä miehen tahdosta, vaan Jumalasta.
Frenchnon du sang, ni de la volonté de la chair, ni de la volonté de l`homme, mais de Dieu.
Germanwelche nicht von dem Geblüt noch von dem Willen des Fleisches noch von dem Willen eines Mannes, sondern von Gott geboren sind.
Haitian CreoleYo pa t' vin pitit Bondye jan sa fèt pami lèzòm sou latè, paske sa pa t' soti nan egzijans lachè, ni nan volonte lèzòm. Se Bondye menm ki te papa yo.
HungarianA kik nem vérbõl, sem a testnek akaratából, sem a férfiúnak indulatjából, hanem Istentõl születtek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariyang dilahirkan bukan dari manusia, sebab hidup baru itu dari Allah asalnya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamayang kejadian-Nya bukan daripada darah, dan bukan daripada tabiat tubuh, dan bukan daripada kehendak seorang laki-laki, melainkan daripada Allah.
Italiani quali non da sangue, né da volere di carne, né da volere di uomo, ma da Dio sono stati generati.
Korean이 " 혈 통 으 로 나 육 으 로 나 사 람 의 뜻 으 로 나 지 아 니 하 오 직 하 나 님 께 로 서 난 자 " 이 니 라
LatvianKas ne no asinîm, ne no miesas iegribas, ne no vîra gribas, bet no Dieva dzimuði.
MaoriKi te hunga ehara nei i te toto, ehara i ta te kikokiko i pai ai, ehara i ta te tangata i pai ai, engari na te Atua i whanau ai.
Modern Greekοιτινες ουχι εξ αιματων ουδε εκ θεληματος σαρκος ουδε εκ θεληματος ανδρος, αλλ' εκ Θεου εγεννηθησαν.
Norwegianog de er født ikke av blod, heller ikke av kjøds vilje, heller ikke av manns vilje, men av Gud.
Portugueseos quais não nasceram do sangue, nem da vontade da carne, nem da vontade do varão, mas de Deus.   
Rumaniannqscuyi nu din sknge, nici din voia firii lor, nici din voia vreunui om, ci din Dumnezeu.
RussianЛПФПТЩЕ ОЙ ПФ ЛТПЧЙ, ОЙ ПФ ИПФЕОЙС МПФЙ, ОЙ ПФ ИПФЕОЙС НХЦБ, ОП ПФ вПЗБ ТП"ЙМЙУШ.
ShuarNiisha Yusa Uchirí ajasar ataksha Númpentin Ayashímkiacharmai. Aentsnúmia akiiniachu ainiawai niisha. Aishman wakeramujaisha akiiniacharmai. Antsu Yúsnumia akiiniawaru ásar Yusa Uchirí ainiawai.
Spanishlos cuales nacieron no de sangre, ni de la voluntad de la carne, ni de la voluntad de varón, sino de Dios.
SwahiliHawa wamekuwa watoto wa Mungu si kwa uwezo wa kibinadamu, wala kwa nguvu za kimwili, wala kwa mapenzi ya mtu, bali Mungu mwenyewe ndiye baba yao.
Swedishoch de hava blivit födda, icke av blod, ej heller av köttslig vilja, ej heller av någon mans vilja, utan av Gud.
Thaiซึ่งมิไ"้เกิ"จากเลือ" หรือความประสงค์ของเนื้อหนัง หรือความประสงค์ของมนุษย์ แต่เกิ"จากพระเจ้า
Ukrainianщо не з крови, ані з пожадливости тіла, ані з пожадливости мужа, але народились від Бога.
UmaUma-ra mewali ana' Alata'ala sabana totu'a-ra, bela wo'o ngkai kuasa manusia', ba ngkai poncamoko. Alata'ala moto to mpopajadi' -ra ana' -na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Impulse

Derivations

Words beginning with "impulse": impulsed, impulses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Impulse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ampules, empusae, impuls, inpul. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Impulse"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "impulse" (pronounced i"mpuls or i'mpu"ls)
4-p u" l spulse, repulse.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Impulse

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-p-s-u"

-1 letter: impels, muesli, pileum, pileus, plumes, simple.

-2 letters: ileum, ileus, impel, lieus, limes, limps, lumps, miles, mules, piles, pilus, plies, plume, plums, pules, pulis, pulse, slime, slipe, slump, smile, speil, spiel, spile, spume.

-3 letters: elms, emus, imps, isle, leis, lies, lieu, lime, limp, lipe, lips, lisp, lues, lump, lums, mels, mile, mils, mise, mule, muse, pies, pile, plie, plum, plus, pule, puli, puls, semi, simp, sipe, slim, slip, slue, slum, spue, sump, supe, umps.

-4 letters: elm, els, ems, emu, imp, ism, lei, leu, lie, lip, lis, lum, mel, mil, mis, mus, pes, pie, pis, piu, psi, pul, pus, sei, sel, sim, sip, sue, sum, sup, ump, ups, use.

-5 letters: el, em, es, is, li, me, mi, mu, pe, pi, si, um, up, us.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-p-s-u"
 

+1 letter: displume, impulsed, impulses, lumpiest, plumiest, splenium.

 

+2 letters: clumpiest, displumed, displumes, glumpiest, impulsive, lumpiness, multipeds, multiples, multistep, plumerias, plumipeds, plummiest, puerilism, rumpliest, tumplines.

 

+3 letters: amplitudes, compulsive, crumpliest, lumpfishes, multiphase, multiplets, multiplies, multispeed, penultimas, plumberies, psalterium, puerilisms, semipublic.

 

+4 letters: aspergillum, compulsives, delphiniums, epitheliums, imperiously, impetuously, implausible, impulsively, leprosarium, lumpinesses, lumpishness, manipulates, multiplexes, multipliers, polemoniums, presumingly, semipopular, submultiple, superfamily, ultrasimple.

 

+5 letters: anemophilous, aspergillums, compulsively, imperviously, leprosariums, lumpectomies, microcapsule, multiplexers, multiplexors, multipurpose, multispecies, pelargoniums, penicilliums, phillumenist, planetariums, subepidermal, submultiples, superrealism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Impulse


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6D 70 75 6C 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    --    .--.    ..-    .-..    ...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101101 01110000 01110101 01101100 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#109 &#112 &#117 &#108 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006D 0070 0075 006C 0073 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43798287788571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Abbreviations
19. Acronyms
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Orthography
24. Bibliography


  

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