pulsation
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English pulsacioun (“pulsing of the blood, throbbing”), borrowed from Middle French pulsacion (“(of bells) a striking (end of 14th c.); (of a diseased part of the body) a throbbing (1377); pulsation (1575)”), and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“(classical Latin) a beating or striking; (Medieval Latin, medical) rhythmical expansion and contraction (1363 in Chauliac)”). By surface analysis, pulsate + -ion.
- borrowed from pulsātiō
- derived from pulsacion
- inherited from pulsacioun
Definitions
The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body
The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
- Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
- 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 […]
The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
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Physical striking
Physical striking; a blow.
- By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.
A single beat, throb or vibration.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pulsation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at pulsation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at pulsation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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