pulsatory

[ puhl-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. pulsating or throbbing.

pulsatory

/ -trɪ; ˈpʌlsətərɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to pulsation
2. throbbing or pulsating

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulsatory¹

First recorded in 1605–15; pulsat(ion) + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

Tradition had taught that arteries had an active "pulsatory force", but Harvey realised they were passive, like the lead pipes of London's rapidly developing water system.

From The Guardian

It is evident that a pulsatory as well as an alternating current might be used to drive or operate the motors above described.

From Project Gutenberg

Systaltic, sis-tal′tik, adj. alternately contracting and dilating, pulsatory.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he touched a valve, and the machine became animate with a low pulsatory wheezing, while something commenced to hum and rattle inside it.

From Project Gutenberg

The odds and ends on the table beside him were rattling merrily, and a deep pulsatory humming rang stridently through the silence of the swamps.

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