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

The extrinsic or transmitted movements of the esophagus are respiratory and pulsatory, and to a slight extent, bechic.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

The latter had a curious, irritating effect on Nasmyth, who hitherto had scarcely noticed the insistent pulsatory clamor.

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold

Finally, the uniformity of the vast eons of the past and the tendency toward complexity are broken by pulsatory changes, first in one direction and then in another.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

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