impulse activity
1impulse — [im′puls΄] n. [L impulsus < pp. of impellere: see IMPEL] 1. a) an impelling, or driving forward with sudden force b) an impelling force; sudden, driving force; push; thrust; impetus c) the motion or effect caused by such a force 2 …
2impulse — 1. A sudden pushing or driving force. 2. A sudden, often unreasoning, determination to perform some act. 3. The action potential of a nerve fiber. [L. im pello, pp. pulsus, to push against, impel (inp )] apex i. conventionally the lowermost,… …
3impulse — im|pulse [ˈımpʌls] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: impulsus, from the past participle of impellere; IMPEL] 1.) [U and C] a sudden strong desire to do something without thinking about whether it is a sensible thing to do = ↑urge impulse to do …
4impulse — noun 1 (C, U) a sudden strong desire to do something before thinking whether it is a sensible thing to do: impulse to do sth: Gerry couldn t resist the impulse to skip work and go down to the beach. | on impulse (=because of an impulse): She had… …
5impulse — I. transitive verb (impulsed; impulsing) Date: 1611 to give an impulse to II. noun Etymology: Latin impulsus, from impellere to impel Date: 1647 1. a. inspiration, motivation …
6Neural Impulse Actuator — The Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) is a brain–computer interface (BCI) device developed by OCZ Technology. BCI devices attempt to move away from the classic input devices like keyboard and mouse and instead read electrical activity from the head,… …
7centrifugal theory of hallucinatory activity — The centrifugal theory is an explanatory model of hallucinatory activity which is traditionally attributed to the German physiologist and zoologist Johannes Peter Müller (1801 1858). The centrifugal theory suggests that subcortical and/or… …
8nerve impulse — n the progressive physicochemical change in the membrane of a nerve fiber that follows stimulation and serves to transmit a record of sensation from a receptor or an instruction to act to an effector called also nervous impulse * * * the… …
9centripetal theory of hallucinatory activity — The name centripetal theory refers to an explanatory model of hallucinatory activity which is traditionally attributed to the German physiologist and zoologist Johannes Peter Müller (18011858). Conceptually, the centripetal theory constitutes… …
10nerve impulse — the electrical activity in the membrane of a neurone that – by its rapid spread from one region to the next – is the means by which information is transmitted within the nervous system along the axons of the neurones. The membrane of a resting… …