Synonyms: beat, pulsation, pulse, heartbeat
Definition: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Usage: he could feel the beat of her heart
Similar words: periodic event, recurrent event
Definition: an event that recurs at intervals
Synonyms: impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing
Definition: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
Usage: the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
Similar words: undulation, wave
Definition: (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Synonyms: pulsation
Definition: a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
Similar words: phenomenon
Definition: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning