heart rate

noun

: the rate at which the heart beats

Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate.

Examples of heart rate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wearables use temperature sensors, accelerometers, light sensors and photoplethysmography (PPG), which pulses light through the skin to measure blood flow, heart rate and approximate blood oxygen. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

From those signals, the device estimates heart rate, blood oxygen, total sleep time and time spent in light, deep and REM sleep, then bundles everything into a single nightly score. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

While there’s no shortage of opportunities to leap, launch, luge, and lunge around Queenstown, adventure-lite travelers like me—whose elevated heart rate comes from completing a ten-course tasting menu—had to look harder for their thrills. — Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 30 July 2026

Panic increases heart rate and blood pressure, which accelerates blood loss, the doctor noted. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

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Medical Definition

heart rate

noun

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