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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pulsation \Pul*sa"tion\, 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pulsation \Pul*sa"tion\, 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.
  
     2. A single beat or throb of a series.
  
     3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as
        in the propagation of sounds.
  
     4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in
        anger. This constitutes battery.
  
              By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as
              verberation is prohibited.            --Blackstone.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  pulsation
       n 1: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal
            electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the
            pulsations seemed to be coming from a star" [syn: pulsing,
             pulse, impulse]
       2: a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately
          increases and decreases some quantity
       3: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with
          each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her
          heart" [syn: pulse, heartbeat, beat]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pulsation
     Γαλλικά n.
     ο παλμός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pulsation
     n.
     The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body;
  the pulse. (from 15th c.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  pulsation
     n.
     The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body;
  the pulse. (from 15th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  pulsation
     n.
     The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body;
  the pulse. (from 15th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  pulsation
     n.
     The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body;
  the pulse. (from 15th c.)

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Pulsation /pˌʊlzatsjˈoːn/ 
  pulsation

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Pulsation /pˌʊlzatsjˈoːn/ 
  pulse beat , pulse , pulsus , pulsation , sphygmus 
     Synonyms: Pulsschlag, Puls, Sphymgus
  
   see: Pulsschläge, Pulsationen, alternierender Puls, wechselnder Puls, anakroter Puls, aussetzender Puls, Miosphygmia, zweischlägiger Puls, doppelschlägiger Puls, drahtartiger Puls, Drahtpuls, einschlägiger Puls, monokroter Puls, epigastrischer Puls, epigastrische Pulsation, fadenförmiger Puls, gespannter Puls, harter Puls, jagender Puls, paradoxer Puls, langsamer Puls, schneller Puls, beschleunigter Puls, Pulsbeschleunigung, weicher Puls, zweizipfliger Puls

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Pulsation /pʌlsˈeɪʃən/
  النبض

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pulsation //pəlˈseɪʃən// //pʌlˈseɪʃn̩// 
  пулс, туптене
  regular throbbing of the heart