Other Word Forms
- nonpulsation noun
Etymology
Origin of pulsation
1375–1425; late Middle English pulsacioun < Latin pulsātiōn- (stem of pulsātiō ). See pulsate, -ion
Example Sentences
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The research team then focused on the pulsation and performed detailed analyses.
From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025
It’s hard to know what to make of these data, which sometimes include any sign of life, such as umbilical cord pulsation, and don’t obviously differentiate miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion.
From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024
In the opening “Future Blues,” listen for how the regular, rumbling waves of pulsation rub against trebly tendrils of wet, smacking sound.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Red giants show a behaviour called pulsation, caused by changes in the area and temperature of the star's surface layers.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2020
When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ...
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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