Monday, March 24, 2014

IMPULSE

WORD: IMPULSE

MEANING:
1. an impelling force or motion; thrust; impetus
2. a sudden desire, whim, or inclination: I bought it on an impulse.
3. an instinctive drive; urge
4. tendency; current; trend
5. (General Physics) physics
a. the product of the average magnitude of a force acting on a body and the time for which it acts
b. the change in the momentum of a body as a result of a force acting upon it for a short period of time
6. (Physiology) physiol See nerve impulse
7. (Electronics) electronics a less common word for pulse12
8. on impulse spontaneously or impulsively


EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. the impulse knocked him over
2. He felt an irresistible impulse to giggle and laugh.
3. The life impulse to express and to connect arises in me and in all of us.

PRONOUNCE:
impulse  - इम्पल्स

LINK: IMPULSE

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