Pulsation

Definition of Pulsation

Pul`sa´tion

n.	1.	(Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
	2.	A single beat or throb of a series.
	3.	A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
	4.	(Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery. By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. - Blackstone.

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alternation, arrhythmia, bar beat, barrage, beat, beating, ceaselessness, chattering, constancy, constant flow, continualness, continuity, cyclicalness, downbeat, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, flutter, heartbeat, heartthrob, incessancy, intermittence, intermittency, meter, noninterruption, offbeat, oscillation, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, pendulum motion, periodicalness, periodicity, perpetuity, piston motion, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, pounding, pulse, quick fire, rapid fire, rapid recurrence, rapid succession, rapidity, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, reappearance, recurrence, regular wave motion, regularity, reoccurrence, repetition, return, rhythm, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, seasonality, spatter, splutter, sputter, staccato, steadiness, stuttering, sustainment, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thumping, tom-tom, undulation, unintermission, uninterruption, upbeat, vibration

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