pulse

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From Late, , , from , , , and , , , , (modern 🇨🇬), and from their  , from  (ultimately from ) +  (a variant of ).

Noun

 * 1) A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.
 * 2) The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
 * 3)  A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
 * 4)  The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.
 * 5)  An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.
 * 6)  A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.
 * 7)  The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.
 * 8) A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.
 * 9)  A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.
 * 10)  A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them.
 * 1)  An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.
 * 2)  A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.
 * 3)  The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.
 * 4) A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.
 * 5)  A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.
 * 6)  A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them.
 * 1)  A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.
 * 2)  A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them.
 * 1)  A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.
 * 2)  A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَبْض, نَبْضَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: نبض
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: пульс
 * Bengali: নাড়ি,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: puls,
 * Danish: puls
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: pulss
 * Faroese: æðrasláttur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Middle French: pouls
 * Old French: poulz
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პულსი, მაჯისცემა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: σφυγμός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, नब्ज़
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, æðasláttur
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: cuisle
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: пульс
 * Khmer: ពូល,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, nebz
 * Kyrgyz: пульс
 * Lao: ຈອນ,
 * Latin: pulsus
 * Latvian: pulss
 * Lithuanian: pulsas
 * Macedonian: пулс
 * Malay: nadi
 * Manchu: ᠮᡝ
 * Maori: panapana o te manawa
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Norman: pouls
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: puls
 * Nynorsk: puls
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пу̏лс, би̏ло
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: pulz, tep
 * Slovene: pulz, utrip
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mapigo ya moyo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pulso
 * Tajik: набз
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: puls
 * Ukrainian: пульс
 * Urdu: ناڑی, نبض, دھڑکن
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, syketaajuus,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пу̏лс
 * Roman:


 * Bulgarian:, пулса́ция
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Polish: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: pulsna doza


 * Serbo-Croatian: pulsni rad, pulsni način


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:, taktslag
 * Italian:, ,
 * Malay:
 * Rumi:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: izboj

Etymology 2
From Late, , from , the   of , the  of ; see further at etymology 1. .

Verb

 * 1)  To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.
 * 2)  To give to (something, especially a cell culture) an (increased) amount of a substance, such as a drug or an isotopic label, over a short time.
 * 3)  To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.
 * 4) To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).
 * 5) To manipulate (an electric current, electromagnetic wave, etc.) so that it is emitted in pulses.
 * 6)  To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.
 * 7)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.
 * 2)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
 * 1)  Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Polish:, tętnić
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Bulgarian: прилагам импулс


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:

Etymology 3
From, Early (in s), possibly from , , , , , and ,  (perhaps in the sense of a gruel made from pulses), or directly from their  , probably from , from  (perhaps by extension from , in the sense of something beaten).

Noun

 * 1)  Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals;  such a plant; a legume.
 * 2)  Edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants, especially in a mature, dry condition;  a specific kind of such a grain or seed.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὄσπριον
 * Latin: legūmen
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,


 * Bulgarian: варива
 * Catalan:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,