English-Swedish translations for pulse

• puls en
  De utgör den ekonomiska pulsen i det området.These small businesses are the economic pulse of the west of Ireland.
  Äntligen stämmer Schweiz in sin livspuls till Europeiska unionens.Finally, Switzerland is tuning its pulse of life to the European Union.
  Som en bank, måste EIB ta pulsen på den europeiska politiska utvecklingen och reagera när det behövs.As a ‘policy driven’ bank, the EIB needs to keep its finger on the pulse of European policy development and to react when necessary.

Definition of pulse

• A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart
• The beat or tactus of a piece of music
• 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 within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals, especially in the mature, dry condition

Examples

• In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light
• Hot blood pulses through my veins

Related words

• impulse
• expulse
• repulse
• pulsejet
• appulse
• pulse dialing
• pulse pressure
• pulse oximeter
• pulse oximetry