pulsation

The action of pulsating.

A single beat, throb, or vibration.

The act or process of pulsating, or beating or throbbing: as, the pulsation of the heart, of an artery, of a tumor.

A single beat of the heart or a blood-vessel.

A beat or stroke by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sound. See beat, n., 2.

In law, a beating without pain.

A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

A single beat or throb of a series.

A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.

Any touching of another’s body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.