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Pulse vs. Lentil — What's the Difference?

Pulse vs. Lentil — What's the Difference?

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Pulse

In medicine, a pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the cardiac cycle (heartbeat) by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surface of the body, such as at the neck (carotid artery), wrist (radial artery), at the groin (femoral artery), behind the knee (popliteal artery), near the ankle joint (posterior tibial artery), and on foot (dorsalis pedis artery).

Lentil

The lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) is an edible legume. It is an annual plant known for its lens-shaped seeds.

Pulse

The rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck.

Lentil

A leguminous plant (Lens culinaris) native to southwest Asia, having flat pods containing lens-shaped, edible seeds.

Pulse

A regular or rhythmical beating.
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Lentil

The round, flattened seed of this plant.

Pulse

A single beat or throb.

Lentil

Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.

Pulse

A brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity
A pulse of current.
A pulse of radiation.

Lentil

The seed of these plants, used as food.
Make a lentil stew
A lentil salad

Pulse

Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief sudden change in a quantity.

Lentil

A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent.

Pulse

The perceptible emotions or sentiments of a group of people
"a man who had ... his finger on the pulse of America" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.).

Lentil

Round flat seed of the lentil plant

Pulse

The edible seeds of certain pod-bearing plants, such as lentils and chickpeas.

Lentil

The fruit or seed of a lentil plant

Pulse

A plant yielding these seeds.

Lentil

Widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder

Pulse

To pulsate; beat
"The nation pulsed with music and proclamation, with rages and moral pretensions" (Lance Morrow).

Pulse

(Physics) To undergo a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by brief, sudden changes in a quantity.

Pulse

To chop in short bursts, as in a food processor
The cook pulsed the leeks and added some coriander.

Pulse

(physiology)

Pulse

A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.

Pulse

The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
Her pulse was thready and weak.

Pulse

(figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.

Pulse

(figuratively) The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.
You can really feel the pulse of the city in this district.

Pulse

An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.

Pulse

A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.

Pulse

The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.

Pulse

(physics)

Pulse

A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.

Pulse

Synonym of autosoliton

Pulse

A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.

Pulse

(uncountable) Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; (countable) such a plant; a legume.

Pulse

(uncountable) Edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants, especially in a mature, dry condition; (countable) a specific kind of such a grain or seed.

Pulse

To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.

Pulse

To give to (something, especially a cell culture) an (increased) amount of a substance, such as a drug or an isotopic label, over a short time.

Pulse

To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.

Pulse

To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).

Pulse

To manipulate (an electric current, electromagnetic wave, etc.) so that it is emitted in pulses.

Pulse

To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.
Hot blood pulsed through my veins as I grew angrier.
The streets were dark, and all that could be seen was light pulsing from the disco.

Pulse

Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.

Pulse

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.
If all the worldShould, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse.

Pulse

The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries.

Pulse

Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement.
The measured pulse of racing oars.
When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke.
The pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second.

Pulse

To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.

Pulse

To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate.

Pulse

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients);
The pulsations seemed to be coming from a star

Pulse

The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;
He could feel the beat of her heart

Pulse

The rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

Pulse

Edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.)

Pulse

Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically;
The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it

Pulse

Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses;
Pulse waves
A transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube

Pulse

Drive by or as if by pulsation;
A soft breeze pulsed the air

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