pulsation

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Scientists have long recognized that stiffness and excessive pulsation in large arteries are linked to stroke, dementia, and small vessel disease.

From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025

Red giants show a behaviour called pulsation, caused by changes in the area and temperature of the star's surface layers.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2020

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

Meditation also seems to intensify theta-wave activity, a type of rhythmic electrical pulsation often associated with a state of calm.

From New York Times • May 18, 2017

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