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Meaning of 'pulse'
Meaning of 'pulse' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Pulse 
[ n.]
- Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc. [ n.]- The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.
- Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.
2. Pulse [ v. i.]
- To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to
pulsate; to throb. [ v. i.]3. Pulse [ v. t.]
- To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'pulse' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. pulse [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- 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)
- (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
2. pulse [ v]
[ v]Meaning (3):
- drive by or as if by pulsation
- drive by or as if by pulsation
Example in sentence:
- A soft breeze pulsed the air
Meaning (4):
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
Example in sentence:
- a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube;
- pulse waves
Meaning (5):
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
Example in sentence:
- The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it
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