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PULS/pʌls/

Pulse is the regular beat of blood in your arteries; also a single throb, or beans such as lentils: pulse rate; pulses in the diet. Heartbeat is everyday; plus is added to. Record pulse rate in the PE table. Mix-up: plus / impulse; pulse as lentils in food tech. Do not write pulse for a music beat unless the source uses it.

Meaning

The regular beat of blood in your arteries; also a single throb, or beans such as lentils.

Examples

• “Record pulse rate in the PE table, not a fitness-app screenshot.”
• “Pulses featured in the nutrition unit, which is the beans sense.”

Good to know

pulse rate; take someone’s pulse; pulses (lentils, beans). Trap: plus / a song’s beat. PE, biology, and food tech. Heartbeat in the wrist, a throb, or legumes — specify.

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