PULSING
Dictionary entry overview: What does pulsing mean?
• PULSING (noun)
The noun PULSING has 1 sense:
1. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
Familiarity information: PULSING used as a noun is very rare.
• PULSING (adjective)
The adjective PULSING has 1 sense:
1. expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart
Familiarity information: PULSING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PULSING (noun)
Meaning:
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
pulsation; pulse; pulsing; impulse
Context example:
the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star
Hypernyms ("pulsing" is a kind of...):
undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)
Domain category:
electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)
• PULSING (adjective)
Meaning:
Expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart
Synonyms:
beating; pulsating; pulsing
Context examples:
felt the pulsating artery / oh my beating heart
Similar:
rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)
