pulse

1. (verb) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses; "pulse waves," or cause an apparatus to produce pulses: "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
Synonyms: pulsate
Related Words: create, make, produce

2. (verb) drive by or as if by pulsation; "A soft breeze pulsed the air"
Related Words: displace, move

3. (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
Synonyms: beat, heartbeat, pulsation
Related Words: diastole, periodic event, pounding, recurrent event, systole, throb, throbbing

4. (noun) edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants
Related Words: legume

5. (noun) the rate at which the heart beats
Synonyms: heart rate
Related Words: rate

6. (verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The city pulsed with with music and excitement"
Synonyms: pulsate, throb
Related Words: beat, pound, thump

7. (noun) (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"
Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulsing
Related Words: undulation, wave



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