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What (who) is volitional impulse - definition
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Impulse (mechanics); Impulsive; Impulses; Impulse (disambiguation); Impulsive (disambiguation); Impulsion (disambiguation); Impulse (novel); Impulse (film); Impulse (album)
Impulse
II. Impulse ·noun The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.
III. Impulse ·noun The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.
IV. Impulse ·noun The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
V. Impulse ·noun A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will.
impulsive
¦ adjective
1. acting or done without forethought.
2. Physics acting as an impulse.
Derivatives
impulsively adverb
impulsiveness noun
impulsivity noun
Impulse
(a) An electro-magnetic impulse is the impulse produced upon the
luminiferous ether by an oscillatory discharge or other varying type of
current; the impulse is supposed to be identical, except as regards
wave-length, with a light wave.
(b) An electro-motive impulse is the electro-motive force which rises so
high as to produce an impulsive or oscillatory discharge, such as that
of a Leyden jar.
