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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Jenny Berg, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024
Out in the open air, pulled from the cavernous bellies of fish, those hearts continued beating—a heap of pulsation, life holding onto life.
—Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
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Jenny Berg, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2024
Out in the open air, pulled from the cavernous bellies of fish, those hearts continued beating—a heap of pulsation, life holding onto life.
—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
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“Pulsation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsation. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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