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PULSING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

Example:

the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star

Synonyms:

impulse; pulsation; pulse; pulsing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("pulsing" is a kind of...):

undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Derivation:

pulse (produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb pulse

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