Impulse and Set

Impulse

Impulse noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Set and impulse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a noun "Impulse".

Nearby Words: impulsive, impulsively, impulsion, impulsing, impulsed

Set noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

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Impulse and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impulse" instead a noun "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

high	high impulse	high set
full	full impulse	full set
better	better impulse	better set
common	common impulse	common set
Other adjectives: original, initial, single, small, powerful, evil, new, extra, next, strange.

After they set the controls to all stop, you could actually hear the engines increase in power (they were at sublight, so impulse engines) as they slowed down, until they said "now showing all stop" and you heard the engines stop.

Source: Space Friction
All of DC's books cover-dated February 2002 had this trope, including Impulse where the book's title was painted on the road (with two mis-spelt attempts as well) and Supergirl, with a story set in a school for deaf children who spelt out the title in American Sign Language.

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