What is the meaning of pulsate?

verb

  • Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically.
    • usage: "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
  • Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion.
    • usage: "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
  • Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.
    • usage: "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
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