as in pulses
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 pulsations
Slow pulsations near the end of the AGB phase lead to ejecta, but these ejecta are rarely visible directly.
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Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
While the former aids in the reduction of puffiness and dark circles in the under-eye area based on hot and cold contrast therapy, the latter comes with three attachments for relieving muscle pain, tension, and soreness through rapid pulsations.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
The silvered soleil face shows black subdials and an outer bright blue pulsations scale calibrated for 15 pulsations.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
While many fast radio bursts are known to repeat pulsations over several months, the RBFLOAT did not release any repeat signals in the hundreds of hours after it was initially observed.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
While the former aids in the reduction of puffiness and dark circles in the under-eye area based on hot and cold contrast therapy, the latter comes with three attachments for relieving muscle pain, tension, and soreness through rapid pulsations.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
The silvered soleil face shows black subdials and an outer bright blue pulsations scale calibrated for 15 pulsations.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
While many fast radio bursts are known to repeat pulsations over several months, the RBFLOAT did not release any repeat signals in the hundreds of hours after it was initially observed.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulsations
pulses
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Leads, essentially wires, run from the device into the heart, sending one-volt pulses of electricity to regulate the heart’s beating.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Then the fact that the more distant radio wave pulses aligned with gamma-ray blasts from these pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Space Telescope indicated to the team that both types of electromagnetic radiation were being emitted from the same non-polar and distant regions around these pulsars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Pulsations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsations. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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