Impulsion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of impelling or the condition of being impelled: "I do not move . . . unless it be under the impulsion of a third party” ( Samuel Beckett).
  • n. An impelling force; a thrust.
  • n. Motion produced by an impelling force; momentum.
  • n. A wish or urge from within; an impulse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.
  • n. Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.
  • n. Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of impelling or imparting an impulse; impelling force or action.
  • n. Moving or inciting influence on the mind; instigation; impulse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a force that moves something along
  • n. the act of applying force suddenly
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    force    thrust    driving force    drive   
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    impulse   
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