"impulse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɪmpʌls/ Audio: en-us-impulse.ogg [US] Forms: impulses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus. For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel- (beat)}}, {{bor|en|frm|impulser}} Middle French impulser, {{der|en|la|impulsus}} Latin impulsus, {{m|en|pulse}} pulse, {{m|en|pulls}} pulls, {{m|en|else}} else, {{m|en|false}} false, {{m|en|convulse}} convulse Head templates: {{en-noun}} impulse (plural impulses)
  1. A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels. Translations (sudden force that impels): παρόρμησις (parórmēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), təkan (Azerbaijani), olde (Basque), стимул (stimul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), импулс (impuls) [masculine] (Bulgarian), impuls [masculine] (Catalan), 衝動 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲动 (chōngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 意氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 意气 (yìqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 衝量 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲量 (chōngliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 衝力 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲力 (chōnglì) (Chinese Mandarin), impulso (Esperanto), impulssi (Finnish), impulsion (French), impulso [masculine] (Galician), pulo [masculine] (Galician), Impuls [masculine] (German), Triebkraft [feminine] (German), παρόρμηση (parórmisi) [feminine] (Greek), ορμέμφυτο (ormémfyto) [neuter] (Greek), impulzus (Hungarian), impulso (Italian), aire [masculine] (Italian), slancio [masculine] (Italian), abbrivo [masculine] (Italian), rincorsa [feminine] (Italian), 衝動 (shōdō) (alt: しょうどう) (Japanese), 衝撃 (shōgeki) (alt: しょうげき) (Japanese), 推進力 (suishinryoku) (alt: すいしんりょく) (Japanese), インパルス (inparusu) (Japanese), 出来心 (dekigokoro) (alt: できごころ) (Japanese), ពលវេគ (pʊəl veikii) (Khmer), impulsus [masculine] (Latin), تکانه (tekâne) (Persian), impuls [masculine] (Polish), impulso [masculine] (Portuguese), impuls [neuter] (Romanian), и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), поры́в (porýv) [masculine] (Russian), побужде́ние (pobuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), толчо́к (tolčók) [masculine] (Russian), त्वेषस् (tveṣas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), impulso [masculine] (Spanish), impuls (Swedish), ingivelse (Swedish), pitlag (Tagalog), dürtü (Turkish), і́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impulse-en-noun-a6MJdYv3 Disambiguation of 'sudden force that impels': 79 15 7
  2. A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action. Translations (wish): подбуда (podbuda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), antull [masculine] (Catalan), capritx [masculine] (Catalan), caprici [masculine] (Catalan), Drang [masculine] (German), innerer Antrieb [masculine] (German), citātus [masculine] (Latin), capricho [masculine] (Spanish), і́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impulse-en-noun-LVTvvm83 Disambiguation of 'wish': 8 86 7
  3. (physics) The integral of force over time. Categories (topical): Physics Translations ((physics) integral force over time): импулс (impuls) [masculine] (Bulgarian), impuls [masculine] (Catalan), impulsió [feminine] (Catalan), 衝量 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲量 (chōngliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 衝力 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲力 (chōnglì) (Chinese Mandarin), impuls síly [masculine] (Czech), Kraftstoß [masculine] (German), आवेग (āveg) [masculine] (Hindi), spreagadh [masculine] (Irish), 衝撃 (shōgeki) (alt: しょうげき) (Japanese), 推進力 (suishinryoku) (alt: すいしんりょく) (Japanese), ആവേഗം (āvēgaṁ) (Malayalam), и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), толчо́к (tolčók) [masculine] (Russian), impulso [masculine] (Spanish), impuls [common-gender] (Swedish), dantay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-impulse-en-noun-WzOuxVhP Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of '(physics) integral force over time': 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: impel, impulsion, impulsive, impulsively, impulsiveness, impulsivity, impulsor, pulse

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪmpʌls/ Audio: en-us-impulse.ogg [US] Forms: impulses [present, singular, third-person], impulsing [participle, present], impulsed [participle, past], impulsed [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus. For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pel- (beat)}}, {{bor|en|frm|impulser}} Middle French impulser, {{der|en|la|impulsus}} Latin impulsus, {{m|en|pulse}} pulse, {{m|en|pulls}} pulls, {{m|en|else}} else, {{m|en|false}} false, {{m|en|convulse}} convulse Head templates: {{en-verb}} impulse (third-person singular simple present impulses, present participle impulsing, simple past and past participle impulsed)
  1. (transitive) To impel; to incite. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-impulse-en-verb-GK6uq~Zn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 10 27 35

Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} impulse
  1. inflection of impulser:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-impulse-fr-verb-r9oGDWWZ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. inflection of impulser:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-impulse-fr-verb-FWNYu~SF

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} impulse
  1. third-person singular past historic of impellere Tags: form-of, historic, past, singular, third-person Form of: impellere
    Sense id: en-impulse-it-verb-Npu8MKo5 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|participle form}} impulse
  1. vocative masculine singular of impulsus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: impulsus
    Sense id: en-impulse-la-verb-5iMXn9M4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

IPA: /imˈpulse/, [ĩmˈpul.se]
Rhymes: -ulse Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} impulse
  1. inflection of impulsar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: impulsar
    Sense id: en-impulse-es-verb-pAOZxUgu Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of impulsar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: impulsar
    Sense id: en-impulse-es-verb-TRgRGRAR

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for impulse meaning in All languages combined (20.5kB)

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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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          "word": "pulo"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Impuls"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Triebkraft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parórmisi",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "παρόρμηση"
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          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ormémfyto",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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          "word": "ορμέμφυτο"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "parórmēsis",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "παρόρμησις"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "impulzus"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "impulso"
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          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "aire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "slancio"
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          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "abbrivo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "rincorsa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "alt": "しょうどう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōdō",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "衝動"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "alt": "しょうげき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōgeki",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "衝撃"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "alt": "すいしんりょく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suishinryoku",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "推進力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "inparusu",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "インパルス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "alt": "できごころ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dekigokoro",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "出来心"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pʊəl veikii",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "ពលវេគ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "impulsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tekâne",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "تکانه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "impuls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "impulso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "impuls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ímpulʹs",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "и́мпульс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "porýv",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "поры́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pobuždénije",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "побужде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tolčók",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "толчо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "tveṣas",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "त्वेषस्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "impulso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "impuls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sudden force that impels",
          "word": "ingivelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 15 7",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "impel"
    },
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    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz\nAll spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse."
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          "text": "When I saw the new book, I couldn't resist the impulse to browse through it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "təkan"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
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      "word": "olde"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stimul",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стимул"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "impuls",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impuls"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "衝動"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "意气"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "衝量"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chōngliàng",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "冲量"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "衝力"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "impulso"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "impulssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "impulsion"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "gl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pulo"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Impuls"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "impulso"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "aire"
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      "code": "it",
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      ],
      "word": "slancio"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abbrivo"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "alt": "しょうどう",
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      "roman": "shōdō",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "衝動"
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      "alt": "しょうげき",
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      "alt": "すいしんりょく",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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      "alt": "できごころ",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "出来心"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pʊəl veikii",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "ពលវេគ"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "impulsus"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tekâne",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "تکانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impuls"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impulso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "impuls"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "и́мпульс"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "поры́в"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "побужде́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "толчо́к"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "त्वेषस्"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "impulso"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sudden force that impels",
      "word": "dürtü"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "wish",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "spreagadh"
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      "alt": "しょうげき",
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      "alt": "すいしんりょく",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "tl",
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}

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/En-us-impulse.ogg/En-us-impulse.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-impulse.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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    "impulse"
  ],
  "word": "impulse"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "French verb forms"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "impulse",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of impulser:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impulser",
          "impulser#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of impulser:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impulser",
          "impulser#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "homophone": "impulsent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "impulses"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impulse"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "impulse",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "impellere"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular past historic of impellere"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impellere",
          "impellere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "historic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "impulse"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form"
      },
      "expansion": "impulse",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "impulsus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of impulsus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impulsus",
          "impulsus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "impulse"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ulse",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ulse/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish non-lemma forms",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "impulse",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "im‧pul‧se"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "impulsar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of impulsar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impulsar",
          "impulsar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of impulsar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "impulsar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of impulsar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impulsar",
          "impulsar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of impulsar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/imˈpulse/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ĩmˈpul.se]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ulse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impulse"
}

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