heart rate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of heart rate
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Security systems will read your face, as well as your gait, heart rate and physiology while allowing you to keep moving.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The two species also showed different hunting behaviors and heart rate patterns underwater.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
And it was infused in every answer, from my target heart rate on a walk to a mysterious symptom I’d ask about that was unrelated to cancer.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
How can a heart rate tracker help you?
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
His heart rate sped up, a nervousness coursing through him, but when he saw how excitedly Javier was greeted, he figured that there wasn’t a need for him to worry.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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