What is the meaning of pulsating?

Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically.
- usage: "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
- synonyms: pulsate, throb, pulse
Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion.
- usage: "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
- synonyms: pulsate, beat, quiver
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"
- synonyms: pulse, pulsate

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