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1. (n.) heartbeat
a pulsation of the heart, including one complete systole and diastole.
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| Definition of 'heartbeat' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
"he could feel the beat of her heart"
2. (noun) blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
"if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
3. (noun) heartbeat
an animating or vital unifying force
"New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"
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1. (noun) heartbeat
the movement and sound of the heart
a strong/regular/rapid heartbeat
2. heartbeat
in a heartbeat
very quickly
Everything changed in a heartbeat.
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| Definitions of 'heartbeat' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. heartbeat
1. The signal emitted by a Level 2 Ethernet transceiver at the end
of every packet to show that the collision-detection circuit is still
connected. 2. A periodic synchronization signal used by software or hardware,
such as a bus clock or a periodic interrupt. 3. The ‘natural’ oscillation frequency of a computer's
clock crystal, before frequency division down to the machine's clock rate.
4. A signal emitted at regular intervals by software to demonstrate
that it is still alive. Sometimes hardware is designed to reboot the
machine if it stops hearing a heartbeat. See also
breath-of-life packet.
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Sense: (the sound of) the regular movement of the heart.
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 Afrikaans: hartklop |
 Arabic: دَقّات القَلْب |
 Bulgarian: сърдечна пулсация |
 Brazilian: batimento cardíaco |
 Czech: tep |
 German: der Herzschlag |
 Danish: hjerteslag |
 Greek: καρδιοχτύπι |
 Spanish: latido del corazón |
 Estonian: südametukse |
 Farsi: ضربان قلب |
 Finnish: sydämensyke |
 French: battement de coeur |
 Hebrew: פְּעִימוֹת לֵב |
 Hindi: दिल की धड़कन |
 Croatian: kucanje srca, bilo |
 Hungarian: szívverés |
 Indonesian: denyut jantung |
 Icelandic: hjartsláttur |
 Italian: battito cardiaco |
 Japanese: 心臓の鼓動 |
 Korean: 심장 박동 |
 Lithuanian: širdies plakimas |
 Latvian: sirdspuksti |
 Malay: denyutan jantung |
 Dutch: hartslag |
 Norwegian: hjerteslag/-bank |
 Polish: bicie serca |
 Persian: ضربان قلب |
 Pashto: زړه غورځېدلنه |
 Portuguese: batimento cardiáco |
 Romanian: bătaie a inimii |
 Russian: сердцебиение |
 Slovak: tep |
 Slovenian: bitje srca |
 Serbian: puls |
 Swedish: hjärtslag |
 Thai: การเต้นของหัวใจ |
 Turkish: kalp atışı |
 Taiwanese: 心跳 |
 Ukrainian: биття серця; пульсація |
 Urdu: دل کی دھڑکن |
 Vietnamese: nhịp tim |
 Chinese: 心跳，心搏 |
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