pulsative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of pulsative
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at pulsate, -ive
Example Sentences
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By means of apparatus specially devised, pulsative plants were made to record their rhythmic throbbings.
From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
The arteries, Galen thought, possessed a pulsative and attractive power of their own, independently of the heart, the moment of their dilatation being the moment of their activity.
From Fathers of Biology by Charles McRae
It is by means, and only by means, of periodic pulsative movements that we ever do or can measure Time.
From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Alexander Philip
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