Definitions of pulse
British English : pulse If something pulses, it moves, appears, or makes a sound with a strong regular rhythm. VERBHis temples pulsed a little, threatening a headache.
noun
- (physiology ) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery at each beat of the heart, often discernible to the touch at points such as the wrists a single pulsation of the heart or arteries
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery at each beat of the heart, often discernible to the touch at points such as the wrists
- a single pulsation of the heart or arteries
- (physics , electronics ) a transient sharp change in voltage, current, or some other quantity normally constant in a system one of a series of such transient disturbances, usually recurring at regular intervals and having a characteristic geometric shape (as modifier) ⇒ a pulse generator Less common name : impulse
- a transient sharp change in voltage, current, or some other quantity normally constant in a system
- one of a series of such transient disturbances, usually recurring at regular intervals and having a characteristic geometric shape
- (as modifier) ⇒ a pulse generator Less common name : impulse
- a recurrent rhythmic series of beats, waves, vibrations, etc any single beat, wave, etc, in such a series
- a recurrent rhythmic series of beats, waves, vibrations, etc
- any single beat, wave, etc, in such a series
- bustle, vitality, or excitement ⇒ the pulse of a city
- the feelings or thoughts of a group or society as they can be measured ⇒ the pulse of the voters
- See keep one's finger on the pulse
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery at each beat of the heart, often discernible to the touch at points such as the wrists
- a single pulsation of the heart or arteries
- a transient sharp change in voltage, current, or some other quantity normally constant in a system
- one of a series of such transient disturbances, usually recurring at regular intervals and having a characteristic geometric shape
- (as modifier) ⇒ a pulse generator Less common name : impulse
- a recurrent rhythmic series of beats, waves, vibrations, etc
- any single beat, wave, etc, in such a series
verb
- (intransitive) to beat, throb, or vibrate
- (transitive) to provide an electronic pulse to operate (a slide projector)
noun
- the edible seeds of any of several leguminous plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils
- the plant producing any of these seeds