pulse
Other forms: pulses; pulsing; pulsed
The word pulse has many shades of meaning, but most of them involve something characterized by short, rhythmic bursts. If you’re angry, the muscles in your jaw might pulse — meaning they contract quickly in short bursts.
Pulse can be a noun that describes the rhythmic pumping of blood through your veins and arteries. You’ve probably had a nurse take your pulse as a way to measure your heart rate. Pulse can refer to other things that have a rhythmic beat, like the pulse of dance music or a pulse of flashing light. The verb describes something that throbs, literally or figuratively. Your blood will pulse through your veins, or a busy city may pulse with life.
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the steady contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the hearttypes:diastolethe widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with bloodsystolethe contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary arteryextrasystolea premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmiatype of:
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the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's healthsynonyms: heart rate, pulse ratetypes:femoral pulsepulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin)radial pulsepulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist)type of:vital signsign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical conditionratea magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
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expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
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drive by or as if by pulsation
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(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
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produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
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edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)type of:legumethe seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas, beans, or lentils)
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