Counterimpulse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.

    "If the presence of a counterimpulse were sufficient to determine a mistake all of us should and would be constantly making mistakes."

Example

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"If the presence of a counterimpulse were sufficient to determine a mistake all of us should and would be constantly making mistakes."

Etymology

From counter- + impulse.

Related phrases

run counter

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