heart rate

noun

: the rate at which the heart beats
Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate.

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How can knowing your heart rate variability help you? Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Part of that is because their resting heart rate is 12 years old. Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 Researchers examined whether regular use could influence physiological measures associated with stress regulation, including heart rate variability, a marker of autonomic nervous system function. Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026 My phone displayed my distance, speed, elapsed time, and heart rate in large text that was easy to see at a glance. Larry Magid, Mercury News, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for heart rate

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“Heart rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20rate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

Medical Definition

heart rate

noun
: a measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as number of beats per minute see maximum heart rate
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