pulsation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
4. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Physical striking; a blow.
5. (countable, uncountable) A single beat, throb or vibration.

Synonyms

pulse

palpitation

beat

throb

heartbeat

💓

throbbing

vibration

beating

ripple

impulse

pulsating

pulsing

tremble

shiver

quiver

intermittence

interruption

jar

🫙

jitter

knock

knocking

fibrillation

panting

pitapat

impulsive motion

discontinuity

pulse beat

quivering

range

discontinuance

shake

🫨

shimmy

shock

⚡

striking

surging

convulsion

concussion

twitch

variance

vibrate

blow

clinical death

pulsatory motion

stroke of pulse

pulsebeat

fluctuation

frisson

flutter

gap

fluctuate

Translations

pulsazione

pulsation

Pulsschlag

pulsación

pouls

pulsação

Puls

Pulsation

battito

pulso

Herzschlag

💓

pulso

polso

σφυγμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pulsacion, and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“a beating or striking”).