Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
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Pulsation
/pəlˈseɪʃən/
Synonyms for "pulsation" (101 found)
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drummingflutterheartbeatheartthrobincessancyintermittenceintermittencymeternoninterruptionoffbeatoscillationpalpitationparadiddlepatterpendulum motionperiodicalnessperiodicityperpetuitypiston motionpitapat
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Noun(5 words)
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quick firerapid firerapid recurrencerapid successionrapidityrat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplanrattattooreappearancerecurrenceregular wave motionregularityreoccurrencerepetitionreturnrhythmrollrub-a-dub
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11 entriesastronomical phenomenonbiological processdynamic phenomenonoscillatory phenomenonperiodic eventphenomenonphysiological processrecurrent eventstellar variabilityundulationwave
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7 entriesarterial pulsationcardiac pulsationflow pulsationnonradial pulsationpressure pulsationradial pulsationvolume pulsation
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6 entriesarterial pulsationcardiac pulsationpulsation amplitudepulsation frequencyradial pulsationstellar pulsation
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Lo! as a dove when up she springs To bear thro’ Heaven a tale of woe, Some dolorous message knit below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like her I go; I cannot stay; I leave this mortal ark behind […]
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By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.
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