pulsation
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- noun
- /ˌpʌlˈseɪʃən/
- Specialized
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pulsación
- The hitcher counted the pulsations until they stopped, mouthing each vital figure like a priest his Latin.
- pulsation of blood
Examples
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Jeannette tried to hear purely as music, not as pulsations in the blood.
Fiction book (1995) -
Tasso, despite his epic yearnings, understood only too well the pulsations of desire.
Academic text (2003) -
The slow pulsation of his blood.
Fiction book (1999) -
Watch for the rapid pulsation in the eyes.
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The pulse is equivalent to heart rate and is basically the pulsation that you can feel from the arteries each time the heart beats.
Blog text (27) -
She means to hold her fingers still, but she can feel a tremble, an interior pulsation.
Fiction book (1994) -
Bruits or pulsations can be detected in large hemangiomas.
Academic text (2003) -
To have knowledge is to feel the heart throbs of humanity through the centuries, the pulsations of a heaven heavenward striving.
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You can feel the pulsation of your heartbeat when you place your hand on your chest.
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The doctor monitored the pulsation of the patient's arteries to check his health.
Synonyms
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2.3
The regular beat you feel in your wrist or neck from the heart
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A regular rhythm like the sound in music or a heartbeat
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2.3
The regular movement or sound of the heart as it pumps blood
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A strong repeated beat you can hear or feel
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A beat you can feel in your wrist or neck when the heart pushes blood
A regular throbbing in an artery when the heart pumps blood
A pulsing, throbbing feeling in the body like a heartbeat
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pulsation comes from the Latin word pulsare 'to beat', the same root as pulse, so it describes the rhythmic throbbing you feel in the arteries with each heart beat.