Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The action of pulsating.
- noun A single beat, throb, or vibration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of pulsating, or beating or throbbing: as, the pulsation of the heart, of an artery, of a tumor.
- noun A single beat of the heart or a blood-vessel.
- noun A beat or stroke by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sound. See
beat , n., 2. - noun In law, a beating without pain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
- noun A single beat or throb of a series.
- noun A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
- noun (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes
battery .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A single
beat ,throb orvibration - noun A
recurring increase anddecrease of somequantity - noun law Any touching of another's body wilfully or in anger, constituting
battery .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- noun a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
Etymologies
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Examples
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Promotes collagen and cellular activity This Photon Ultrasonic Massager is equipped with the function selection of Continous wave and Pulse wave The Pulse wave is also known as a pulsation, which the emission method of instant termination after each emitting of ultrasonic waves Removing acne (Continuous emission waves)
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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If I possessed this gentleman's ingenuity I might have whipped up a quick little prank like this in order to go viral on YouTube, however I just sat in the chair staring at the water waiting for a kind of pulsation like Jeff Goldblum in "Jurassic Park."
The Water Ceiling Prank: Simple Yet Hilarious (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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If I possessed this gentleman's ingenuity I might have whipped up a quick little prank like this in order to go viral on YouTube, however I just sat in the chair staring at the water waiting for a kind of pulsation like Jeff Goldblum in "Jurassic Park."
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If I possessed this gentleman's ingenuity I might have whipped up a quick little prank like this in order to go viral on YouTube, however I just sat in the chair staring at the water waiting for a kind of pulsation like Jeff Goldblum in "Jurassic Park."
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In order to have interesting performances of choral and orchestral music the conductor must see to it that the performers play or sing all rhythmic figures correctly, that long tones are sustained for their correct duration, and that in general the musical performance be permeated by that steady throb of regular pulsation which is the foundation of all rhythmic coherence.
Essentials in Conducting Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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~ -- It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital.
Pearls of Thought Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital.
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The creative impulse is the pulsation of that original desire to exist, experienced within human consciousness as the drive toward innovation.
Andrew Z. Cohen: 'I Just Called To Say I Love You': Reflections On The Multiple Meanings Of Love Andrew Z. Cohen 2011
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The creative impulse is the pulsation of that original desire to exist, experienced within human consciousness as the drive toward innovation.
Andrew Z. Cohen: 'I Just Called To Say I Love You': Reflections On The Multiple Meanings Of Love Andrew Z. Cohen 2011
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The creative impulse is the pulsation of that original desire to exist, experienced within human consciousness as the drive toward innovation.
Andrew Z. Cohen: 'I Just Called To Say I Love You': Reflections On The Multiple Meanings Of Love Andrew Z. Cohen 2011
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