pulse

the heart's beat as a finger feels it through the skin, most often at the wrist or on the neck

The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.

The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.

(figurative) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.

A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.

A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.

(figurative) The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.

Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; (countable) such a plant; a legume.

Edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants, especially in a mature, dry condition; (countable) a specific kind of such a grain or seed.

[before a noun] A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.

An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.

A timed, coordinated connection, when multiple public transportation vehicles are at a hub at the same time so that passengers can flexibly connect between them.

Synonym of autosoliton (“a stable solitary localized structure that arises in nonlinear spatially extended dissipative systems due to mechanisms of self-organization”).

To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.

(figurative) Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.

To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.

To manipulate (an electric current, electromagnetic wave, etc.) so that it is emitted in pulses.

To give to (something, especially a cell culture) an (increased) amount of a substance, such as a drug or an isotopic label, over a short time.

To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.

To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).