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1. (n.) pulse
the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, esp. as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
2. pulse
a single pulsation of the arteries or heart.
3. pulse
a stroke, vibration, or undulation, or a rhythmic series of these.
4. pulse
the prevailing attitudes or sentiments, as of the public.
5. pulse
a momentary, sudden fluctuation in an electrical quantity, as in voltage or current.
6. pulse
a single, abrupt emission of particles or radiation.
7. (v.i.) pulse
to beat or throb; pulsate.
8. pulse
to vibrate or undulate.
9. pulse
to emit particles or radiation periodically in short bursts.
10. (v.t.) pulse
to cause to pulse.
11. (n.) pulse
the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas or beans.
12. pulse
a plant producing such seeds.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME puls (< OF
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| Definition of 'pulse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse
(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"
2. (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"
3. (noun) pulse, pulse rate, heart rate
the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
4. (verb) pulse
edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)
5. (verb) pulsate, throb, pulse
expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
"The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
6. (verb) pulse, pulsate
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"
7. (verb) pulse
drive by or as if by pulsation
"A soft breeze pulsed the air"
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1. (noun) pulse
the rhythm of the blood going through the body that you can feel in your wrist, neck, etc.
I could feel a faint pulse.
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| Definition of 'pulse' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pulse
leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc
2. (noun) pulse
the beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries
3. (noun) pulse
any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement
4. (verb) pulse
to beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb
5. (verb) pulse
to drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate
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| Definition of 'pulse' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. pulse
The rhythmical expansion and contraction of an ARTERY produced by waves of pressure caused by the ejection of BLOOD from the left ventricle of the HEART as it contracts.
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Sense: the regular beating of the heart, which can be checked by feeling the pumping action of the artery in the wrist
The doctor felt/took her pulse.
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 Afrikaans: pols |
 Arabic: نَبْض |
 Bulgarian: пулc |
 Brazilian: pulso |
 Czech: puls |
 German: der Puls |
 Danish: puls |
 Greek: σφυγμός |
 Spanish: pulso |
 Estonian: pulss |
 Farsi: نبض |
 Finnish: syke |
 French: pouls |
 Hebrew: דוֹפֶק |
 Hindi: नब्ज, नाड़ी |
 Hungarian: pulzus |
 Indonesian: denyut nadi |
 Icelandic: púls |
 Italian: polso |
 Japanese: 脈博 |
 Korean: 맥박 |
 Lithuanian: pulsas |
 Latvian: pulss |
 Malay: denyutan nadi |
 Dutch: polsslag |
 Norwegian: puls |
 Polish: puls, tętno |
 Persian: نبض |
 Pashto: د لاس بند، نبض |
 Portuguese: pulso |
 Romanian: puls |
 Russian: пульс |
 Slovak: pulz |
 Slovenian: utrip |
 Serbian: puls |
 Swedish: puls |
 Thai: ชีพจร |
 Turkish: nabız (atışı) |
 Taiwanese: 脈博 |
 Ukrainian: пульс; биття |
 Urdu: دل کي دھڑکن، بنض |
 Vietnamese: nhịp đập; mạch |
 Chinese: 脉博 |
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