English-Thai Dictionary

impulse

N กระแส ประสาท  kra-sea-pra-sad

 

impulse

N แรงกระตุ้น  แรงผลักดัน  แรงจูงใจ  สิ่งกระตุ้น  drive caprice urge whim rang-kra-tun

 

impulsebuy

VT ซื้อ สินค้า ด้วย แรงดลใจ บางอย่าง ที่ ไม่ใช่ เพื่อ ความจำเป็น 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPULSE

n.im'puls. [L. impulsus, from impello. See Impel. ] 1. Force communicated; the effect of one body acting on another. Impulse is the effect of motion, and is in proportion to the quantity of matter and velocity of the impelling body.
2. Influence acting on the mind; motive.
These were my natural impulses for the undertaking.
3. Impression; supposed supernatural influence on the mind.
Meantime, by Jove's impulse, Mezentius armed,
Succeeded Turnus--

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPULSE

Im "pulse, n. Etym: [L. impulsus, fr. impellere. See Impel. ]

 

1. The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse. S.Clarke.

 

2. The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.

 

3. (Mech. )

 

Defn: The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.

 

4. A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will. These were my natural impulses for the undertaking. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Force; incentive; influence; motive; feeling; incitement; instigation.

 

IMPULSE

Im *pulse ", v. t. Etym: [See Impel. ]

 

Defn: To impel; to incite. [Obs. ] Pope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impulse

im pulse |ˈimˌpəls ˈɪmˌpəls | ▶noun 1 a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act: I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle. • the tendency to act in this way: he was a man of impulse, not premeditation. 2 a driving or motivating force; an impetus: an added impulse to this process of renewal. 3 a pulse of electrical energy; a brief current: nerve impulses | a spiral is used to convert radio waves into electrical impulses. 4 Physics a force acting briefly on a body and producing a finite change of momentum. • a change of momentum so produced, equivalent to the average value of the force multiplied by the time during which it acts. PHRASES on impulse (or on an impulse ) suddenly and without forethought; impulsively. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘give an impulse to ’): the verb from Latin impuls- ‘driven on, ’ the noun from impulsus ‘impulsion, outward pressure, ’ both from the verb impellere (see impel ).

 

impulse buying

im pulse buy ing ▶noun the buying of goods without planning to do so in advance, as a result of a sudden whim or impulse.

 

Oxford Dictionary

impulse

im |pulse |ˈɪmpʌls | ▶noun 1 a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act: I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle. • [ mass noun ] the tendency to act impulsively: he was a man of impulse, not premeditation. 2 something that causes something to happen or happen more quickly; an impetus: an added impulse to this process of renewal. 3 a pulse of electrical energy; a brief current: nerve impulses | electrical impulses. 4 Physics a force acting briefly on a body and producing a finite change of momentum. • a change of momentum produced by an impulse, equivalent to the average value of the force multiplied by the time during which it acts. PHRASES on impulse (or on an impulse ) suddenly and without forethought; impulsively. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘give an impulse to ’): the verb from Latin impuls- ‘driven on ’, the noun from impulsus ‘impulsion ’, both from the verb impellere (see impel ).

 

impulse buying

im |pulse buy ¦ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the buying of goods without planning to do so in advance, as a result of a sudden whim or impulse. DERIVATIVES impulse buy noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impulse

impulse noun 1 she had an impulse to run and hide: urge, instinct, drive, compulsion, itch; whim, desire, fancy, notion, inclination, temptation. 2 passions provide the main impulse of poetry: inspiration, stimulation, stimulus, incitement, motivation, encouragement, incentive, spur, catalyst, impetus, thrust. 3 impulses from the spinal cord to the muscles: pulse, current, wave, signal. PHRASES on (an ) impulse I agreed to bungee jump on an impulse | they claimed the robbery was not planned, that they did it on impulse: impulsively, spontaneously, on the spur of the moment, without forethought, without premeditation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impulse

impulse noun 1 she had an impulse to run and hide somewhere: urge, instinct, drive, compulsion, need, itch; whim, caprice, desire, fancy, notion. 2 he was a man of impulse: spontaneity, impetuosity, wildness, recklessness, irresponsibility, rashness. ANTONYMS premeditation, carefulness. 3 passions provide the main impulse of poetry and music: inspiration, stimulation, stimulus, incitement, motivation, encouragement, fillip, spur, prod, catalyst. 4 neurons conduct impulses from the spinal cord to the muscles: pulse, current, wave; signal, message, brainwave, communication. PHRASES on (an ) impulse Valerie and I married on impulse: impulsively, spontaneously, on the spur of the moment, without forethought, without planning, without thinking twice, without premeditation, unpremeditatedly. ANTONYMS with forethought.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impulse

im pulse /ɪ́mpʌls /名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 U C «…したいという » (突然の強い )欲求 , 衝動 «to do » ; (心の )はずみ, 出来心 ▸ He has never had the impulse to marry .彼は今までに結婚したいという強い衝動に駆られたことがない ▸ buy a car on (an ) impulse 車を衝動買いする .2 C (外部からの )衝撃, 刺激, 推進力 ;【行動などを引き起こす 】目的, 理由 «behind » ▸ the impulse of a wave 波の衝撃 ▸ give an impulse to trade 貿易を促進する ▸ driven by the blind impulses of fatality 変えることのできない力に駆られて 3 C 〘電 〙インパルス, 衝撃 (電流 ); 〘機 〙力積 ; 衝動 ;〘 生理 〙神経衝撃 〘神経から筋肉細胞に伝えられる電気的刺激 〙.～́ b ù y [p ù rchase ]衝動買いした商品 .～́ b ù ying [b ù yer ]衝動買い [衝動買いをする人 ].