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

Manz claimed in court documents his smart watch recorded his heart rate jumping from 80 beats per minute to 95 per minute after eating the tacos with hot and spicy salsa. —Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026

Music can speed recovery after surgery A 2024 review and meta-analysis by researchers from California Northstate University College of Medicine found that listening to music after surgery can significantly reduce patients’ perceived pain and reduce their heart rate. —Justin Pot, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026

Your brain signals the heart to work harder to pump blood toward the skin in an effort to release heat, which can raise heart rate. —Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 12 Mar. 2026

These tests track and record different metrics such as blood oxygen level, heart rate, movements of the eyes and legs, brain wave activity and breathing during sleep. —Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Mar. 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