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Antonyms for pulsation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puhl-sey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : pʌlˈseɪ ʃən


Definition of pulsation

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French pulsation (14c.) and directly from Latin pulsationem (nominative pulsatio) "a beating or striking," noun of action from past participle stem of pulsare "to beat, strike, push against' hammer, keep hitting," figuratively "drive forth, disturb, disquiet," frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to beat, strike" (see pulse (n.1)).
  • noun beat
Example sentences :
  • Or the pulsation may be simply observed in the rise and fall of a liquid in a tube.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
  • Death is not even a blow, it is not even a pulsation; it is a pause.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb
  • Music probably can mean little to her but beat and pulsation.
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
  • Action is discontinuous, like every pulsation of life; discontinuous, therefore, is knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • His hand was eagerly searching for some pulsation at the heart.
  • Extract from : « Cruel As The Grave » by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
  • These must be compared in respect to the pulsation and other particulars.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • No pulsation was palpable in the tibials at the end of a month.
  • Extract from : « Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 » by George Henry Makins
  • Then stopping the process, he placed his hand once more to feel the pulsation.
  • Extract from : « The Tiger Hunter » by Mayne Reid
  • The necessary amputation is often followed by an arrest of pulsation.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • Every pulsation of his heart beat with a love of Zion and a desire for her redemption.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Taylor » by B. H. Roberts

Synonyms for pulsation

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