Meaning of Systole | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
2. A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
3. The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
4. The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.

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Examples

“[…] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the Diaſtole and Systole came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the dilation and conſtriction had its exiſtence.”

“A double⟳ systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit⟳ his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats.”

“There is no essential virtue in comfort. To be relaxed is good if it is part of a process⟳ of systole and diastole. Relaxation comes between phases of tenseness.”

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