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pulsation
UK /pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/ US /pəlˈseɪʃən/
noun 5
Collocations
1ADJ.
below, wild
Definitions
noun
1
The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
2
Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
Lo! as a dove when up she springs To bear thro’ Heaven a tale of woe, Some dolorous message knit below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like her I go; I cannot stay; I leave this mortal ark behind […]
3
The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
4
Physical striking; a blow.
By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.
5
A single beat, throb or vibration.
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Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
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Lo! as a dove when up she springs To bear thro’ Heaven a tale of woe, Some dolorous message knit below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like her I go; I cannot stay; I leave this mortal ark behind
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By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.
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