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pulsate

[puhl-seyt] / ˈpʌl seɪt /


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All of these movies pulsate with the breathlessness and disorientation of a country simultaneously grappling with the past and speeding toward a confusing future.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

The flute solo made the hall pulsate with a full life of its own.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023

The first rung—that is, the one concerning the nearest cosmic objects—relies on geometric parallax to determine the distance to special stars called Cepheid variables, which pulsate in proportion to their intrinsic luminosity.

From Scientific American • Apr. 18, 2022

Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, so named because they appear to pulsate when viewed from Earth.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021

Cepheid stars pulsate, getting brighter and dimmer in a very predictable way; the way they pulsate is closely related to how much light they put out.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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