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Meaning of 'pulsation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pulsation [ n.]
- A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
- A single beat or throb of a series.
- A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
- Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.

Meaning of 'pulsation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pulsation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Example in sentence:
  • he could feel the beat of her heart
Meaning (2):
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
Example in sentence:
  • the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star

Nearby Words:

pulas pulchritude pule puled puler pulex pulicene pulicose pulicous puling

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