"pulsation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/ [UK], /pəlˈseɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pulsation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pulsations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French pulsacion, and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“a beating or striking”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|frm|pulsacion|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French pulsacion, {{bor+|en|frm|pulsacion}} Borrowed from Middle French pulsacion, {{bor|en|la|pulsātiō||a beating or striking}} Latin pulsātiō (“a beating or striking”), {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pulsation (countable and uncountable, plural pulsations)
  1. The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (regular throbbing of the heart): نَبْض (nabḍ) [masculine] (Arabic), نَبْضُ القَلْب (nabḍu l-qalb) [masculine] (Arabic), туптене (tuptene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), пулс (puls) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pulsação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-pulsation-en-noun-fGd-2pbf Disambiguation of 'regular throbbing of the heart': 74 15 4 8
  2. Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pulsation-en-noun-LgTHY2mo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 66 14 14
  3. (now rare) Physical striking; a blow. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pulsation-en-noun-u4OokcwO
  4. A single beat, throb or vibration. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pulsation-en-noun-XQSOxzb~

Inflected forms

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