Pulsation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pʌlˈseɪʃən|
Brit.
|pʌlˈseɪʃən|
noun
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) (syn: impulse, pulse)
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart (syn: beat, heartbeat, pulse)
the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
- a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart (syn: beat, heartbeat, pulse)
Extra examples
...you should press against the artery in your wrist and count the pulsations to calculate your heart rate...
The feverish throb of his pulsation was diminished.
Word forms
noun
singular: pulsation
plural: pulsations
singular: pulsation
plural: pulsations
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