pulsation
Steady rhythmic surge
Pulsation is a rhythmic beat or throb—the expansion and contraction of something at regular intervals.
The word applies to heartbeats, arterial blood flow, and any similar throbbing sensation: I felt a pulsation in my temple.
It extends to rhythmic variations in light, sound, or energy: the pulsation of a quasar, electronic music built on deep pulsations.
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- thumpingHeavy, dull beating
quivering · flutter · tremor · vibration · resonance · ripple · shudder · quiver
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- throbBeat with intensity
- meterDevice that measures usage
syncopation · pattern · oscillation · cycle · periodicity · regularity · interval · frequency
Rhythmic cardiac contraction
- systoleHeart muscle contraction phase
- diastoleCardiac relaxation phase
- arrhythmiaAbnormal cardiac rhythm
- tachycardiaExcessively fast pulse
bradycardia · palpitation · throb · electrocardiogram · stethoscope · pacemaker · cardiology · aorta
Oscillating motion through medium
- swellIncrease in size
- rushQuick sudden movement
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- spurtSudden forceful discharge
gush · throb · surge · ebb · flow · tide · flux · wax and wane
Rapidly pulsing light
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- blinkingEyelid opening and closing
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
- strobingPulsing light effect
beacon · blinker · glimmer · twinkle · scintillation · intermittent · luminous · neon
throbbing
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
thumping · quivering · flutter · tremor · vibration · resonance · ripple · shudder · quiver · judder
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
meter · syncopation · pattern · oscillation · cycle · periodicity · regularity · interval · frequency · wave
heartbeat
Rhythmic cardiac contraction
- systoleHeart muscle contraction phase
- diastoleCardiac relaxation phase
- arrhythmiaAbnormal cardiac rhythm
tachycardia · bradycardia · palpitation · throb · electrocardiogram · stethoscope · pacemaker · cardiology · aorta · ventricle
wave
Oscillating motion through medium
spurt · gush · throb · surge · ebb · flow · tide · flux · wax and wane · intensification
strobe
Rapidly pulsing light
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- blinkingEyelid opening and closing
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
strobing · beacon · blinker · glimmer · twinkle · scintillation · intermittent · luminous · neon · LED
- AGB Starsmass loss
- motionmotion, movement, velocity, speed, momentum
- rhythmbeat, tempo, downbeat, upbeat, syncopation
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- rhythmsbeat, rhythm, syncopation, offbeat, cadence
- Pulseheartbeat, heart rate, throb, beat
pulsationstillness
Complete lack of motion
motionlessness · stasis · still · immobility · inertness
pulsationsteadiness
State of being constant
constancy · uniformity · stability · evenness · continuity