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im·pulse

n 1  :  a wave of excitation transmitted through tissues and esp. nerve fibers and muscles that results in physiological activity or inhibition  2 a  :  a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usu. unpremeditated action <some uncontrollable … may have driven the defendant to the commission of the murderous act -B. N. Cardozo>   b  :  a propensity or natural tendency usu. other than rational <the fundamental of self-expression -Havelock Ellis>  .
 
 

 
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