импульс — meaning in English
impuls
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English meaning
- impetus noun Something that drives or encourages an action to happen; a driving force.
- impulse noun A sudden strong urge to act, often without thinking it through.
- momentum noun In physics, a measure of a moving object's motion, calculated as its mass multiplied by its velocity.
- pulse noun The regular beat you feel in an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood.
- trigger noun The small lever pulled with a finger to fire a gun.
Senses
импульс is used for these senses in English:
- action potential (physiology) A short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber. [from 20th c.]
- impetus Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.
- impulse A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
- impulse (physics) The integral of force over time.
- pulse (figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
- trigger (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
impulse — full definition
- noun A sudden strong urge to act, often without thinking it through.
- noun A sudden force or push that sets something in motion.