pulsation
The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etcThe regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
» The patterns of those pulsations have so far defied understanding.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
пульса́ціяpulʹsácija
(countable, uncountable)Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
(countable, uncountable)The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
(countable, uncountable)A single beat, throb or vibration.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Physical striking; a blow.
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- 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
Examples
2 sentencesThe patterns of those pulsations have so far defied understanding.
The spring of these emotions is the natural body, but it sends pulsations far into the spirit.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English pulsacioun (“pulsing of the blood, throbbing”), borrowed froInherited from Middle English pulsacioun (“pulsing of the blood, throbbing”), borrowed from Middle French pulsacion (“(of bells) a striking (end of 14th c.); (of a diseased part of the body) a throbbing (1377); pulsation (1575)”), and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“(classical Latin) a beating or striking; (Medieval Latin, medical) rhythmical expansion and contraction (1363 in Chauliac)”). By surface analysis, pulsate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: pulsations| Singular | pulsation |
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Synonyms
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8 related wordsLessons for this word
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