Category:Pulsation

Pul*sa"tion, n. Etym: [l. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F. Pulsation.]

1. (physiol.)

Defn: a beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an Artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

2. A single beat or throb of a series.

3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the Propagation of sounds.

4. (law)

Defn: any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This Constitutes battery. By the cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone.