(Homonym: beet).
1. A regular rate of repetition.
2. A regular route for a sentry or policeman; SYN. circuit, round.
3. A single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations.
4. A stroke or blow.
5. The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing.
6. The sound of stroke or blow. + prikaži više

1. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows; SYN. thrashing, drubbing, trouncing, whacking.
2. The act of overcoming or outdoing; SYN. whipping.

ETYM Latin pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. French pulsation.
(Electronics) A sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); SYN. pulsing, pulse, impulse.

An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); SYN. throbbing, pounding.