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Definition of Pulse
1. Verb. Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically. "The streets pulse with crowds"; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
Related verbs: Beat, Pulsate, Quiver
Generic synonyms: Beat, Pound, Thump
Derivative terms: Pulsation, Throb
2. 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"
Category relationships: Electronics
Generic synonyms: Undulation, Wave
Derivative terms: Pulsate, Pulsate
3. Verb. Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses. "A transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
4. Noun. The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. "He could feel the beat of her heart"
Generic synonyms: Periodic Event, Recurrent Event
Specialized synonyms: Diastole, Systole, Pounding, Throb, Throbbing
Derivative terms: Beat, Pulsate, Pulsate
5. Verb. Drive by or as if by pulsation. "A soft breeze pulsed the air"
6. Noun. The rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health.
Generic synonyms: Vital Sign, Rate
Specialized synonyms: Femoral Pulse, Radial Pulse
Derivative terms: Pulsate
7. Noun. Edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.).
Definition of Pulse
1. n. Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
2. n. The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.
3. v. i. To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.
4. v. t. To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.
Definition of Pulse
1. Noun. Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals. ¹
2. Noun. (physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart. ¹
3. Noun. A beat or throb. ¹
4. Noun. (music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music. ¹
5. Verb. to beat, to throb, to flash. ¹
6. Verb. to flow, particularly of blood. ¹
7. Verb. to emit in discrete quantities ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pulse
1. to pulsate [v PULSED, PULSING, PULSES] - See also: pulsate