pulsation

Definitions

1. 1.A single beat or throb of a series.
2. 2.A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
3. 3.(Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery. By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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