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PULSE

[puhls]

noun

the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.

a single pulsation, or beat or throb, of the arteries or heart.

the rhythmic recurrence of strokes, vibrations, or undulations.

a single stroke, vibration, or undulation.

Electricity. a momentary, sudden fluctuation in an electrical quantity, as in voltage or current.

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Physics. a single, abrupt emission of particles or radiation.

a throb of life, emotion, etc.

vitality.

the general attitude, sentiment, preference, etc., as of the public.

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verb (used without object)

10.

to beat or throb; pulsate.

11.

to beat, vibrate, or undulate.

12.

Physics. to emit particles or radiation periodically in short bursts.

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verb (used with object)

13.

to cause to pulse.

14.

Medicine/Medical. to administer (medication) in interrupted, often concentrated dosages to avoid unwanted side effects.

Origin:
1300–50; < Latin pulsus a beat, equivalent to *peld-, base of pellere to set in motion by beating or striking (compare impel) + -tus, suffix of v. action, with dt < s and backing and raising of e before velar l; replacing Middle English pous < Middle French < Latin, as above

Related forms

un·puls·ing, adjective

Example Sentences

Teaching everybody who has a pulse on public's dime is for the public demise.

Claudel's gift was her innate talent for creating sensual sculptures that pulse with life and seem to defy gravity.

They can even slow their pulse so much that they can fire between heartbeats.

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Teaching everybody who has a pulse on public's dime is for the public demise.

Claudel's gift was her innate talent for creating sensual sculptures that pulse with life and seem to defy gravity.

They can even slow their pulse so much that they can fire between heartbeats.

Then they applied a pulse of radio frequency electromagnetic radiation, which in effect turned the quantum state upside down.

Inside the cochlea, tiny hair cells convert the pulse into an electrical signal to the brain.

One good way to take the pulse of the nation is to scan the vast electronic yard sale that is eBay.

He started refining his pulse jet engines, which he fashions from aluminum and stainless steel in his workshop.

They have dumbed down their courses to the point where anyone with a pulse can graduate.

In a flash, the light turns from red to brilliant white and begins to pulse.

The attendees begin to dance around a tree in the center of the yard, moving faster and harder with the rising pulse of the beat.

If you look at inverse filtering you will never see a glottal pulse that isn't somewhat skewed to the right.

Trying to take the national pulse by counting names is fraught with problems.

Pulse until mixture is coarsely chopped and slightly chunky.

The key is a magnet that blows up and spontaneously demagnetizes, releasing energy as a pulse of power.

She is personally invested in the student body, and has her finger on the pulse of everything going on at the.

There are different mechanical stress involved between a constant flow and a pulse.

They also have a line marking where growth paused, then another pulse of growth.

The theory that particles pulse in and out of existence is an odd theory.

Step out onto the planks that creak with each pulse of surf, and the laws of land are left behind.

The solution is to de-solder the pulse encoder and physically attach it to the vintage radio's tuning knob.

Using a pulse of calcium ions as a stimulant, they persuaded the cells to start dividing.

Roughly seven years later, pair-instability would cause a second breakdown that emits a smaller but faster pulse of material.

Pulse strawberries in a small food processor until puréed.

If you move one end up and down really quickly, you can get a pulse wave traveling down the rope.

Major investment banks have become superb at sending armies of bankers out to call on any company with an economic pulse.

Solar panels that can shake off their dust off via a self-generated electric pulse keep soaking in maximal rays.

Cut in with a pastry blender or pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Of course, humans aren't the only ones vulnerable to electromagnetic pulse.

Each laser pulse will begin as a weak infra-red beam.

Pulse until as smoothly or coarsely puréed as you like.

They pulse across the screen in a mesmerizing swarm that seems to underscore the internet's function as a universal copy machine.

It is incredibly important that the dean is out there talking to students, taking a pulse of the student experience.

He built his own rotor blade and powered it with a single pulse jet.

The pulse detonation engine is another possibility for supersonic flight.

Motion comics can pulse into life more quickly than their pulp counterparts, which is one benefit of the medium.

If it any consolation, the grand jury is a good speaker for the pulse of the community on these matters.

The cervix dilates and the mannequin's pulse rises as a compressor pushes out a bouncing baby mannequin.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas, beans, or lentils.

a plant producing such seeds.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English puls < Latin: thick pap of meal, pulse. See poultice

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World English Dictionary

pulse¹ (pʌls)

—n
1.	physiol
	a. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery at each beat of the heart, often discernible to the touch at points such as the wrists
	b. a single pulsation of the heart or arteries
2.	physics, electronics
	a. a transient sharp change in voltage, current, or some other quantity normally constant in a system
	b. one of a series of such transient disturbances, usually recurring at regular intervals and having a characteristic geometric shape
	c. Less common name: impulse (as modifier): a pulse generator
3.	a. a recurrent rhythmic series of beats, waves, vibrations, etc
	b. any single beat, wave, etc, in such a series
4.	bustle, vitality, or excitement: the pulse of a city
5.	the feelings or thoughts of a group or society as they can be measured: the pulse of the voters
6.	keep one's finger on the pulse to be well-informed about current events

—vb
7.	(intr) to beat, throb, or vibrate
8.	(tr) to provide an electronic pulse to operate (a slide projector)

[C14 pous, from Latin pulsus a beating, from pellere to beat]

'pulseless¹

—*adj*

pulse² (pʌls)

—n
1.	the edible seeds of any of several leguminous plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils
2.	the plant producing any of these seeds

[C13 pols, from Old French, from Latin puls pottage of pulse]

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Word Origin & History

pulse

"a throb, a beat," early 14c., from O.Fr. pous (late 12c.), from L. pulsus (in pulsus venarum "beating from the blood in the veins"), pp. of pellere "to push, drive," from PIE *pel- "to shake, swing" (cf. Gk. pallein "to weild, brandish, swing," pelemizein "to shake, cause to tremble"). The verb meaning

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"to beat, throb" is first attested 1550s.

pulse

"peas, beans, lentils," c.1300, from O.Fr. pols, from L. puls "thick gruel," probably via Etruscan, from Gk. poltos "porridge."

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Medical Dictionary

pulse (pŭls)
n.
The rhythmical dilation of arteries produced when blood is pumped outward by regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck.

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Science Dictionary

pulse (pŭls) Pronunciation Key

The rhythmic expansion and contraction of the arteries as blood is pumped through them by the heart. The pulse can be felt at several parts of the body, as over the carotid and radial arteries.
A dose of a medication or other substance given over a short period of time, usually repetitively.
1. A brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity, such as an electric current or field.
2. Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief sudden change in a quantity.