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Borrowed from German Impuls, from Latin impulsus. Compare Russian и́мпульс (ímpulʹs).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈimpʊlʲs]
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і́мпульс (ímpulʹsm inan (genitive і́мпульсу, nominative plural і́мпульси, genitive plural і́мпульсів, relational adjective і́мпульсний)

  1. (physics, physiology) impulse, impetus (sudden force that impels)
  2. (psychology) impulse (wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action)
    Synonyms: спону́ка f (sponúka), спонука́ння n (sponukánnja), по́штовх m (póštovx)
  3. (physics, electronics) pulse (brief burst of electromagnetic energy; brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal)
  4. (mechanics) momentum

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