pulsation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
    pulsing; impulse; pulse.
    • the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
  2. noun a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
  3. noun the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
    beat; heartbeat; pulse.
    • he could feel the beat of her heart

WordNet

Pul*sa"tion noun
Etymology
L. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F. pulsation.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
  2. A single beat or throb of a series.
  3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
  4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
    By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone.

Webster 1913