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Noun
  • edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
  • the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
  • the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
    • he could feel the beat of her heart
  • (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
    • the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
Verb
  • drive by or as if by pulsation
    • A soft breeze pulsed the air
  • produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
    • pulse waves
    • a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube
  • expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
    • The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it
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