heart rate

noun

: the rate at which the heart beats
Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate.

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The sleep reports are also extremely insightful, offering data on sleep time, phases, heart rate, HRV, and more. Health Editorial Team, Health, 14 Mar. 2025 The system processes short, 8-second video clips to estimate heart rate in real time. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025 Its night time resting heart heart rate measurement is 99.6% accurate, while its heart rate variability (the variation in time between consecutive heart beats) is 98% accurate when compared to a medical-grade electrocardiogram (ECG), which measures the heart’s electrical activity. Korin Miller, SELF, 7 Mar. 2025 Actually, a 2022 study found that daily exposure of near-infrared light at a certain dose had consistent positive benefits of well-being and health, improving mood, reducing drowsiness, and resting heart rate—though only in winter when there isn't much sun exposure. Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heart rate

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Medical Definition

heart rate

noun
: a measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as number of beats per minute see maximum heart rate
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