pulsing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
    pulsation; impulse; pulse.
    • the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
  2. verb expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
    throb; pulsate; pulse.
    • The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it
  3. verb produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
    pulsate; pulse.
    • pulse waves
    • a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube
  4. verb drive by or as if by pulsation
    pulse.
    • A soft breeze pulsed the air

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