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pulse
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.
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All Definitions for Pulse

Below are all the dictionary definitions of pulse:

1A 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.
2The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
3A beat or throb
4Also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
5The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing
6Also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place
7The heartbeat.
8Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals
9(countable) such a plant
10A legume.
11Edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants, especially in a mature, dry condition
12(countable) a specific kind of such a grain or seed.
13An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.
14A 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
15Also, a use of this setting.
16The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse
17Also, a repeated sequence of such beats.
18A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them.
19To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.
20To 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.
21To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.
22To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).
23To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart
24To beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.
25Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness
26To pulsate.
27A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.
28(also electronics) A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal
29An impulse.
30Synonym of autosoliton (“a stable solitary localized structure that arises in nonlinear spatially extended dissipative systems due to mechanisms of self-organization”).
31To manipulate (an electric current, electromagnetic wave, etc.) so that it is emitted in pulses.

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Common antonyms for pulse. These words express opposite or contrasting meanings and can be used to create contrast in writing.

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About antonyms for pulse

Finding the right antonym for pulse helps writers create contrast, clarify meaning, and add depth to their work. Defined as "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.", pulse has 0 opposite words that can be used to express contrasting ideas.

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