as in pulse
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
you should press against the artery in your wrist and count the pulsations to calculate your heart rate
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Out in the open air, pulled from the cavernous bellies of fish, those hearts continued beating—a heap of pulsation, life holding onto life.
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Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
Foreo Bear Microcurrent Facial Device $329 $197 AMAZON Sculpt your face at home with this microcurrent-meets-T-Sonic pulsations device that helps to lift, tighten, and firm the skin.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 16 July 2024
This technology also gives way to a feature called Climax Control, a new setting that can be combined with suction for three different levels of pulsation depth.
—Charlotte Lewis, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2024
Unlike a facial device or massage gun, the pulsations are barely noticeable, and when paired with the lapping waves of the Pacific Ocean down below, the mat was a perfect way to unwind under the Malibu sun.
—Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
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Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
Foreo Bear Microcurrent Facial Device $329 $197 AMAZON Sculpt your face at home with this microcurrent-meets-T-Sonic pulsations device that helps to lift, tighten, and firm the skin.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 16 July 2024
This technology also gives way to a feature called Climax Control, a new setting that can be combined with suction for three different levels of pulsation depth.
—Charlotte Lewis, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2024
Unlike a facial device or massage gun, the pulsations are barely noticeable, and when paired with the lapping waves of the Pacific Ocean down below, the mat was a perfect way to unwind under the Malibu sun.
—Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
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“Pulsation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsation. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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