| pulsate | (v) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically, Syn. pulse, throb, Example: The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it |
| pulsate | (v) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion, Syn. beat, quiver, Example: the city pulsated with music and excitement |
| pulsatilla | (n) includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers, Syn. genus Pulsatilla |
| pulsation | (n) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients), Syn. impulse, pulse, pulsing, Example: the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star |
| pulsation | (n) a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity |
| Pulsate | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pulsated p. pr. & vb. n. Pulsating. ] [ L. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens. fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse, v. ] To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart. [ 1913 Webster ] The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulsatile | a. [ Cf. It. pulsatile, Sp. pulsatil. ] 1. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulsatilla | ‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulsation | n. [ L. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F. pulsation. ] 1. (Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A single beat or throb of a series. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery. [ 1913 Webster ] By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulsative | a. [ Cf. F. pulsatif. ] Beating; throbbing. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulsator | n. [ L. ] 1. A beater; a striker. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Mech.) That which beats or throbs in working. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulsatory | a. [ Cf. F. pulsatoire. ] Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Sir H. Wotton. . [ 1913 Webster ] |
| パルス状 | [パルスじょう, parusu jou] (adj-f) pulse; pulsating; pulsatile [Add to Longdo] |
| 眼鏡梟 | [めがねふくろう;メガネフクロウ, meganefukurou ; meganefukurou] (n) (uk) spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼓動 | [こどう, kodou] (n, vs) beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 動気;動悸 | [どうき, douki] (n) palpitation (e.g. heart); pulsation; throbbing [Add to Longdo] |
| 拍動;搏動 | [はくどう, hakudou] (n, vs, adj-no) pulsation; pulsebeat [Add to Longdo] |
| 脈動 | [みゃくどう, myakudou] (n, vs) pulsation; pulsatory motion [Add to Longdo] |
| 脈拍(P);脈搏 | [みゃくはく, myakuhaku] (n, adj-no) pulse; pulsation; stroke of pulse; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 脈脈;脈々 | [みゃくみゃく, myakumyaku] (adj-t, adv-to) (1) continuous; unbroken; ceaseless; (2) pulsating forcefully [Add to Longdo] |
