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  • noun Plural form of pulsation.

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Examples

  • Far be it from her to wish to coin the pulsations of her soul, but papa and mamma did need her help so.

    In Our Town William Allen White 1906

  • And here I would observe, that whenever I speak of pulsations as occurring in the auricles or ventricles, I mean contractions: first the auricles contract, and then and subsequently the heart itself contracts.

    On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals 2005

  • And here I would observe, that whenever I speak of pulsations as occurring in the auricles or ventricles, I mean contractions: first the auricles contract, and then and subsequently the heart itself contracts.

    The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various

  • Mason, returning to London, found that the "pulsations" in Paris had no English repetition.

    Great Britain and the American Civil War Ephraim Douglass Adams

  • And here I would observe, that whenever I speak of pulsations as occurring in the auricles or ventricles, I mean contractions: first the auricles contract, and then and subsequently the heart itself contracts.

    IV. Of the Motion of the Heart and Its Auricles, as Seen in the Bodies of Living Animals 1909

  • · Brakes should be checked as recommended, but if you are having trouble such as pulsations, noises or longer stopping distances, get a professional to look at it right away.

    Local Headlines - ABC News 4 2010

  • · Brakes should be checked as recommended, but if you are having trouble such as pulsations, noises or longer stopping distances, get a professional to look at it right away.

    Local Headlines - ABC News 4 2010

  • Michael Rubenstein for the Wall Street Journal Morton Subotnick's innovative music-maker Among his early achievements was "Silver Apples of the Moon," a seminal electronic-music album from 1967—and a recent addition to the National Recording Registry—that mixed alien tones and timbres with insistent rhythmic pulsations.

    The Man Who Electrified the Music World Andy Battaglia 2011

  • The "hearts" and "love" that dot his texts and titles have a generic Valentine-card feel to them, but the passions and pulsations that animate his choreography ring with power and expressivity.

    Earthly Figures in the Clouds Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Not a human being but ourselves for miles; and no sound heard but the pulsations of the great Pacific!

    Richard Henry Dana 2010

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