pulse

1. n. Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc. Source: opted

2. n. The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries. Source: opted

3. n. Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement. Source: opted

4. v. i. To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb. Source: opted

5. v. t. To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate. Source: opted

6. n. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients) Source: wordnet

7. n. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart Source: wordnet

8. n. the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health Source: wordnet

9. n. edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) Source: wordnet

10. v. expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically Source: wordnet

11. v. produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses Source: wordnet

12. v. drive by or as if by pulsation Source: wordnet

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