Dictionary Check: impulse

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"impulse" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points

Words with Friends 15 points

noun

an instinctive motive

Example: "profound religious impulses"

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a sudden desire

Example: "he bought it on an impulse"

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the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber

Example: "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

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(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

Example: "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"

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the act of applying force suddenly

Example: "the impulse knocked him over"

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an impelling force or strength

Example: "the car's momentum carried it off the road"

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