Impulse

Impulse or Impulsive may refer to:

• Impulse (physics), the change of momentum of an object; the integral of a force with respect to time
• Impulse function, a mathematical function of an infinitely high amplitude and infinitesimal duration
• Impulse response, a system's output when presented with the impulse function in electrical engineering
• Impulse (psychology), a wish or urge, particularly a sudden one
• Impulsion, a thrust of a horse

• Impulse (1954 film), a thriller starring Arthur Kennedy
• Impulse (1974 film), a thriller starring William Shatner
• Impulse (1984 film), a science fiction film starring Meg Tilly and Tim Matheson
• Impulse (1990 film), a thriller starring Theresa Russell
• Impulse (2008 film), a thriller starring Angus Macfadyen
• Impulse (2010 film), an apocalyptic thriller starring Chris Masterson
• Impulse (TV series), a 2018 science fiction series on YouTube Premium
• , a TV episode
• Impulse drive, a fictional form of propulsion in the Star Trek universe

• Impulse (German magazine)
• Impulse (Steven Gould novel), 2013
• Impulse (Hopkins novel), a 2007 young adult verse novel by Ellen Hopkins
• Impulse (Psionex), a Marvel Comics character
• Impulse (DC Comics), a superhero
• Science Fantasy (magazine), also published as Impulse and SF Impulse

• Impulse (band), a Bulgarian hard rock group
• Impulse! Records, a jazz recording label
• Impulse (Buck Hill album), 1995
• Impulse Drum and Bugle Corps
• Impulse (Erra album), 2011
• "Impulse", a song by Northlane from Node, 2015
• "Impulsive" (song), 1990, by Wilson Phillips

• Impulse Airlines, a former Australian airline
• Impulse (retailer), a UK entertainment retail chain
• Isuzu Impulse, an automobile sold from 1981 through to 1992
• Impulse (body mist), made by Unilever
• Impulse (software), a digital game distribution system
• Impulse purchase (also impulse buying), unplanned buying of goods

• Impulse 21, an American sailboat design
• Impulse (dinghy), a 4.0 m sports sailing dinghy
• Impulse (roller coaster), at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Pennsylvania
• Impulsivity

• Impulse noise (disambiguation)
• Specific impulse, a propulsion efficiency measurement
• Irresistible impulse, a legal defense