PULSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pulsing mean? 

• PULSING (noun)
  The noun PULSING has 1 sense:

1. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

  Familiarity information: PULSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

impulse; pulsation; pulse; pulsing

Context example:

the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star

Hypernyms ("pulsing" is a kind of...):

undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)

Domain category:

electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)

Derivation:

pulse (produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses)

 Context examples 

Our paddle-wheels stopped, their pulsing beat died away, and then they started again.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A sterilization process that involves the pulsing of a high-power xenon lamp.

(High Intensity Light or Pulse Light Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)

The pain is throbbing or pulsing, and is often on one side of the head.

(Migraine, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

DC-OVA vaccine is produced in vitro by pulsing autologous dendritic cells with killed autologous primary ovarian tumors as a source of tumor-associated antigens (TAAs); the pulsed DCs are then matured using various cytokines.

(DC-OVA Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

They're often described as a pulsing or throbbing in one side of the head.

(How Light Boosts Migraine Pain, NIH, US)

He brought the pulsing sea before them, and the men and the ships upon the sea.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Directly ahead of us I could see a bright red light and a white light, and I could hear the pulsing of a steamer’s engines.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)