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/pʌlsˈeɪʃən/
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NOUN
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(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 - a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
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the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
he could feel the beat of her heart
How To Use pulsation In A Sentence
- The limbs grew stiff and rigid -- the features smoothed into that mysteriously wise placidity which is so often seen in the faces of the dead, -- the closed eyelids looked purple and livid as though bruised ... there was not a breath, not a tremor, to offer any outward suggestion of returning animation, -- and when, after some little time, Heliobas bent down and listened, there was no pulsation of the heart ... it had ceased to beat! Ardath
- The "hearts" and "love" that dot his texts and titles have a generic Valentine-card feel to them, but the passions and pulsations that animate his choreography ring with power and expressivity. Earthly Figures in the Clouds
- ‘The pulsations of the air, once set in motion by the human voice, continue into infinity’, and he went on to speculate about this constant movement of atoms.
- the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
- Plunger pump in the steering system bring fluid pulsation, there out pressure pulsation in subsequence system.
- The strong base stands, and its pulsations intermits not, Proud Music of The Storm
- That Ares still faces serious issues with respect to vibrations and pulsation, or that Orion still faces mass challenges even after the recent crew downsizing, is a result of selection of a design with known issues. Ares Troubles Mount - NASA Watch
- • Carotid pulse: should be visualized for pulsations, palpated for thrills, and auscultated for bruits. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The arterial pulsations could be felt, not only in the femoral artery, but also in the branches of the saphenic artery and in the interdigital spaces. Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture
- 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)