1. Noun
A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
2. Noun
A single beat or throb of a series.
3. Noun
A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
4. Noun
Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
5. Noun
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
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