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pulse | dcpm | initialism |

Pulse is a initialism of dcpm.


As a noun pulse

is .

As an initialism dcpm is

data centre predictive modelling.

pulse

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . For spelling, the -e'' (on ''-lse ) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (ā€˜uā€™). Compare else, false, convulse.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.
  • A beat or throb.
  • * (rfdate) Tennyson
  • the measured pulse of racing oars
  • * (rfdate) Burke
  • 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.
  • (music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music.
  • An autosoliton.
  • See also
    * beat * (Physiology) arrhythmia, blood pressure, heartbeat * (Music) meter, tempo

    Verb

  • To beat, to throb, to flash.
  • In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light.
  • To flow, particularly of blood.
  • Hot blood pulses through my veins.
  • To emit in discrete quantities.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) pouls, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals.
  • References

    * * * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465.

    Anagrams

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    dcpm

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • data centre predictive modelling
  • differential pulse code modulation
  • bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)methane