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pulse rate

NOUN
vital signs
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Once in the late 1950s, while building machinery to record sounds a heart makes, he accidentally used the wrong resistor, but its electrical pulse rate was steady, like a heartbeat.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

The drums can produce melody and, while mellow, come alive with a speed that dramatically raises the pulse rate.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

They usually shine small, green LED lights onto your wrist which can monitor blood flow, detecting your pulse rate.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2025

Two months ago, Apple lost a patent case over the technology its smartwatches use to detect people’s pulse rate.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2023

Longterm timing of the radio pulse rate of some pulsars, for instance, one called PSR 0329 + 54, suggests that these objects may have one or more small planetary companions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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