"impulse" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: motivation, motive, need - the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
subtypes:
- abience - (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object
- adience - (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object
- death instinct, death wish, thanatos - (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
- itchy feet, wanderlust - very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
same as: urge
is a type of: desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

same as: caprice, whim
is a type of: electrical discharge - a discharge of electricity

subtypes: action potential - the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

same as: nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse
referred to in: electronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices

is a type of: undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

same as: pulsation, pulse, pulsing
is a type of: drive, driving force, thrust - the act of applying force to propel something

same as: impetus, impulsion
is a type of: force, forcefulness, strength - physical energy or intensity

same as: momentum