Topic: ELECTRICAL
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Sense: 1-4
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | pouls, from Latin pulsus 'beating', past participle of pellere 'to hit' |
| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | pouls 'porridge', from Latin puls |
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pulse1
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heart
[countable usually singular]a) HBH the regular beat that can be felt, for example at your wrist, as your heart pumps blood around your body [↪ heartbeat]: She felt his neck. There was no pulse.
find/detect a pulse (=check that someone is alive by trying to feel the beat of their pulse) In an emergency it can be difficult to find a pulse.
In an emergency it can be difficult to find a pulse.She felt his neck. There was no pulse.b) also pulse rateHBH the number of heart beats per minute
take/feel somebody's pulse (=count how many times someone's heart beats in a minute, usually by feeling their wrist)
2 a strong regular beat in music : the distant pulse of a steel band
music
[uncountable and countable]Cthe distant pulse of a steel band3 an amount of sound, light, or electricity that continues for a very short time
sound/light/electricity
[countable]TEE4 the ideas, feelings, or opinions that are most important to a particular group of people or have the greatest influence on them at a particular time : Clinton had an uncanny ability to sense the pulse of the nation.
feelings/opinions
[uncountable]Clinton had an uncanny ability to sense the pulse of the nation.