Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pulsation

3 senses of pulsation

Sense 1
pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse -- ((electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star")
       => wave, undulation -- ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)

Sense 2
pulsation -- (a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity)
       => phenomenon -- (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)

Sense 3
pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat -- (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart")
       => periodic event, recurrent event -- (an event that recurs at intervals)