pulsatory

American  

[puhl-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈpʌl səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. pulsating or throbbing.

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pulsatory British  

/ -trɪ, ˈpʌlsətərɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to pulsation

2. throbbing or pulsating

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Etymology

Origin of pulsatory

First recorded in 1605–15; pulsat(ion) + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

Tradition had taught that arteries had an active "pulsatory force", but Harvey realised they were passive, like the lead pipes of London's rapidly developing water system.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2012

In the case of the pulsatory hypothesis we are fortunately able to apply this test by means of trees.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

And here I may remark, that, although the conception of the undulatory current of electricity is entirely original with myself, methods of producing sound by means of intermittent and pulsatory currents have long been known.

From Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery by Iles, George

On this account, whatever might have been the cause of the earthquake, whether volcanic or electrical, the movement assumed every possible direction--vertical, horizontal, oscillatory, vorticose, and pulsatory; producing every variety of destruction.

From The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition. by Anonymous

The odds and ends on the table beside him were rattling merrily, and a deep pulsatory humming rang stridently through the silence of the swamps.

From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold