as in pulse
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
you should press against the artery in your wrist and count the pulsations to calculate your heart rate
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Recent Examples of pulsation
To gauge whether the blood vessel pulsations propel glymphatic flow, the researchers stimulated the area of the mouse brain that produces the neurotransmitter, artificially speeding up the pulses from every 50 seconds to every 10.
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Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 8 Jan. 2025
This compact skin-care device combines soft silicone and pulsations to break down oil, dirt, and sweat thoroughly.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
The silicone bristles are extremely pliable, and it’s recommended to gently use circular motions as the 8,000 pulsations per minute penetrate the skin.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
Anyone could see its pulsation in the swelling and ebbing cluster of people who took minutes or hours from a crowded day, who missed meals and forwent their customary amusements to keep a chilly vigil with a mother duck who was bringing forth her young.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
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Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 8 Jan. 2025
This compact skin-care device combines soft silicone and pulsations to break down oil, dirt, and sweat thoroughly.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
The silicone bristles are extremely pliable, and it’s recommended to gently use circular motions as the 8,000 pulsations per minute penetrate the skin.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
Anyone could see its pulsation in the swelling and ebbing cluster of people who took minutes or hours from a crowded day, who missed meals and forwent their customary amusements to keep a chilly vigil with a mother duck who was bringing forth her young.
—Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulsation
Noun
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The finished device generates pulses below 50 femtoseconds, uses only five components, and occupies just a few square centimeters.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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The whole stadium had a shared pulse.—
Marta Tucci,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pain that is not a word throbs in his shoulders, awakens him each morning.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The song may be six minutes long, but the circuitous lope of his acoustic-guitar strum and low throb of his warbling feel eternal, like the type of tune Sisyphus might have hummed to keep himself company.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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“Pulsation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsation. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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