Meaning of pulsate in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈpəlˌseɪt/

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  1. Verb

    pulsate

    Etymology

    late 17th century (earlier (Middle English) as pulsation): from Latin pulsat-‘throbbed, pulsed’, from the verb pulsare, frequentative of pellere‘to drive, beat’

    Definitions

    1. expand and contract rhythmically

    Examples

    • « beat rhythmically »
    • « The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it »

    Derived terms

  2. 2. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

    Examples

    • « the city pulsated with music and excitement »
  3. 3. produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

    Examples

    • « pulse waves »
    • « a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube »

    Derived terms

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