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pulse

[puhls] / pʌls /


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A second ultrafast laser pulse then tracked how that motion interacted with another coupled vibration in the material.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

As the trains approach, circular lights embedded in the platform edge begin to pulse white.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“They feel like it’s on the pulse of what’s happening now. They are bops. The challenge is I have to sing the songs in the voice that I’m in for that episode.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

"Kiss me, take my heart, break it again," he sings atop a convulsive electro pulse, as dancers pull him into a transparent "sweat box" that represents the relationship he can't escape.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Western music is very melodically and harmonically oriented, with a continuous rhythmic pulse.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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