Pulsation

Definitions

1. The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
   countable, uncountable
3. The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
   countable, uncountable
4. Physical striking; a blow.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
5. A single beat, throb or vibration.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.”

“Lo! as a dove when up she springs ⁠To bear⟳ thro’ Heaven a tale of woe, ⁠Some dolorous message knit⟳ below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like⟳ her I go; I cannot stay⟳; ⁠I leave⟳ this mortal ark behind […]”

“By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.”

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