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How to pronounce pulsation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms beat, heartbeat, pulse
Type of recurrent event, periodic event
Has types systole, throb, throbbing, diastole, pounding
Derivation pulsate
Type Words
Synonyms impulse, pulse, pulsing
Type of wave, undulation
Derivation pulsate


the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star.
Type Words
Type of phenomenon

Examples of pulsation

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For some pulsars, the regularity of pulsation is as precise as an atomic clock.
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This one is Kraftwerk-like in its gentle relentlessness and motorik pulsation.
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They obtained four pulsation cycles, each of which lasts more than 31 days.
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They are useful because their rate of pulsation is closely linked to their brightness.
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The Hypothesis was that the pulsation motions enhance the coral's photosynthesis rate.
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Israel could feel no masses, but the pulsation of the aorta was surprisingly prominent.
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It is a Beta Cephei variable star with a pulsation period of 0.157 days.
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It was glistening, but there was no movement, pulsation or quivering.
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This pulsation makes the laser beam extremely intense, and can alter materials in unusual ways.
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More examples
  • (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"
  • A periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
  • Pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
  • (pulsate) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
  • (pulsate) move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
  • (pulsate) pulse: produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
  • (PULSATIONS) Cyclical fluctuations of liquid flow.
  • (pulsate) To beat or throb in rhythm.
  • Repeated small fluctuation of pressure within a circuit.