Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
pulse or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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pulse + -like
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Examples
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One of the fastest-growing areas of neuroscience is the study of mirror neurons, highly active cells in our nervous system that, when we watch an action performed by another person, “fire,” sending pulselike waves of voltage across cell membranes and creating the sensation that what we are watching is actually something we are doing or experiencing ourselves.
The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman 2009
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To me at the moment it seemed alive and pulselike.
The Blind Spot Austin Hall 1908
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George’s thoughtful, “I wonder what’s happened now,” barely penetrated the pulselike hammer of Bashir’s thoughts.
ARMAGEDDON SKY L. A. GRAF 1997
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