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pulsation

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pulsation [pəl′sā·shən]
(physiology)
A beating or throbbing, usually rhythmic, as of the heart or an artery.
pulsation
In a furnace, the panting of the flames; an indication of rapid, cyclical changes of pressure in the furnace.
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Nothing in the picture moved but Old Pretty's tail and Tess's pink hands, the latter so gently as to be a rhythmic pulsation only, as if they were obeying a reflex stimulus, like a beating heart.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Petya rode beside Denisov, the pulsation of his body constantly increasing.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I know no weariness of my Edward's society: he knows none of mine, any more than we each do of the pulsation of the heart that beats in our separate bosoms; consequently, we are ever together.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
 
 
 
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