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Word entry · 5 letters

pulse

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"Heartbeat"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /pʌls/Part of speech verb, nounSorted elpsuStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

Word origin

From Late Middle English pulse, Middle English pulsen (“to pulse, throb”), from Latin pulsāre, the present active infinitive of pulsō (“to push; to beat, batter, hammer, strike; to knock on; (figuratively) to drive or urge on, impel; to move; to agitate, disquiet, disturb”), the frequentative of pellō (“to drive, impel, propel, push; to banish, eject, expel; to set in motion; to strike”); see further at etymology 1. Doublet of push.

Used in a sentence

  • Her pulse was thready and weak.
  • Her pulse was 110 at 8 a.m.
  • [M]y experience is that men may enjoy better health, do more work, have clearer brains, a steadier pulse, and go on to old age better without alcohol than with.

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