Pulsation
[pʌl'seɪʃən] or [pʌl'seʃən]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity.
Checked by Fern--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
(n.) A single beat or throb of a series.
(n.) A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
(n.) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
Checker: Thomas
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.
Typist: Rowland
Examples
- My friend, I told you so, said the uncle, with a fine pulsation in the two marks. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Surely there was life and pulsation about that statue! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Man's nature, brimful of passions and affections, would have had an home in that little heart, whose swift pulsations hurried towards their close. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Four electrical pulsations were required to move the drum the distance between the fractions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This neutralized the tailing effect by clearing the line between pulsations, thus allowing the telegraphic characters to be clearly and distinctly outlined upon the tape. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His life was swallowed up in the existence of his beloved; and his heart beat only in unison with the pulsations that vivified hers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Checker: Mae