Origin: Latin
suffix -tion
Pulsation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
(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"
2
a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
3
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
"he could feel the beat of her heart"
4
The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
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