Pulse vs Femtochemistry - What's the difference?
pulse | femtochemistry |
(physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.
A beat or throb.
* (rfdate) Tennyson
* (rfdate) Burke
(music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music.
An autosoliton.
To beat, to throb, to flash.
To flow, particularly of blood.
To emit in discrete quantities.
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.
(chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers
As nouns the difference between pulse and femtochemistry
is that pulse is (physiology) a normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart or pulse can be 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 while femtochemistry is (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.As a verb pulse
is to beat, to throb, to flash.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 (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.Noun
(en noun)- the measured pulse of racing oars
- 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.
See also
* beat * (Physiology) arrhythmia, blood pressure, heartbeat * (Music) meter, tempoVerb
- In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light.
- Hot blood pulses through my veins.