pulse
Forms
- Plural
- pulses
- present (v1)
- pulse
- past (v2)
- pulsed
- past participle (v3)
- pulsed
- present participle
- pulsing
- 3rd person singular
- pulses
Definitions
1.A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.
- Her pulse was thready and weak.
2.The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
- Her pulse was 110 at 8 a.m.
3.A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
4.The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.
- You can really feel the pulse of the city in this district.
1.To give to (something, especially a cell culture) an (increased) amount of a substance, such as a drug or an isotopic label, over a short time.
2.To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.
3.To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).
4.To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.
- Rapidly rotating dead stars, pulsars are so named because as they spin, they release beams of electromagnetic radiation across space that appear to pulse like celestial lighthouses.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4469
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Late Middle English pulse, Middle English pous, pouse (“regular beat of arteries, pulse; heartbeat; place on the body where a pulse is detectable; beat (of a musical instrument); energy, vitality”) [and other forms]