heart rate
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of heart rate
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
My heart rate cruised through most of the match in the low to mid-50 beats per minute but "literally within half a second" of Kane scoring my heart rate rose to 69 beats per minute.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Wall-mounted sensors will track visitors' movements, and guests will wear a medical-grade, watch-like device to monitor their emotions and heart rate for interacting with the model.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
Wearables shine LEDs into your skin, monitoring blood pumping through your veins to infer heart rate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
She had an emergency caesarean because her baby's heart rate kept slowing down during labour.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
They put an ice pack on my swollen, bruised arm, take my blood pressure and heart rate, and examine my leg.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
