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pul·sate
(pŭl′sāt′)intr.v. pul·sat·ed, pul·sat·ing, pul·sates
1. To expand and contract rhythmically: could hear the heart pulsating.
2. To produce rhythmic sounds or other vibrations: music pulsating throughout the room.
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pulsate
(pʌlˈseɪt)vb (intr)
1. to expand and contract with a rhythmic beat; throb
2. (General Physics) physics to vary in intensity, magnitude, size, etc: the current was pulsating.
3. to quiver or vibrate
[C18: from Latin pulsāre to push]
pulsative adj
ˈpulsatively adv
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pul•sate
(ˈpʌl seɪt)v.i. -sat•ed, -sat•ing.
1. to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
2. to vibrate; quiver.
[1785–95; < Latin pulsātus, past participle of pulsāre to batter, strike, make (strings) vibrate]
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pulsate
Past participle: pulsated
Gerund: pulsating
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Verb | 1. | pulsate - expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" |
2. | pulsate - move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
3. | 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" |
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pulsate
verb throb, pound, beat, hammer, pulse, tick, thump, quiver, vibrate, thud, palpitate The racing beat of her heart pulsated under my fingertips.
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pulsate
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Translations
يَنْبُض، يخْفِق
oscilovatpulsovatpulzovat
dunkeslå
sykkiäväristä
slá
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pulse
(pals) noun 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.
verb to throb.
pulsate (palˈseit) , ((American) ˈpalseit) verb to beat or throb.
pulsation (palˈseiʃən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.