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pulsation

[puhl-say-shuhn] / pʌlˈseɪ ʃən /


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Then, coherent X-ray pulsation accompanied by the rotation of a neutron star can be detected.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2025

In the opening “Future Blues,” listen for how the regular, rumbling waves of pulsation rub against trebly tendrils of wet, smacking sound.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

He recalled that Christian, a keen boxer, measured a pulse rate of 240bpm, but said there was "little pulsation" in his radial artery and "essentially no circulation" in his fingers.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022

Oral-B models use rotation and pulsation, so its brushes don’t buzz as intensely when the brush’s head touches your other teeth.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2018

When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ...

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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