pulsate has definitions from the field of electronics
1
[ verb ] expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

Synonyms

throb pulse

Examples

"The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

Used in print

(Cordwainer Smith, "A Planet Named Shayol,"...)

The half-man lay on the ground , arteries pulsating prettily behind the half-transparent film which protected his abdominal_cavity .

Related terms

beat beat pulse pulse

2
[ verb ] move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

Synonyms

quiver beat

Examples

"the city pulsated with music and excitement"

Related terms

move

3
[ verb ] (electronics) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

Synonyms

pulse

Examples

"pulse waves" "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

Related terms

produce pulsation

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