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pulso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fist noun A hand with the fingers curled tightly inward, typically for punching or gripping.
  • pulse noun The regular beat you feel in an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood.
  • wrist noun The joint connecting the hand to the forearm.

Senses

pulso is used for these senses in English:

  • fist (ham radio) The characteristic signaling rhythm of an individual telegraph or CW operator when sending Morse code.
  • wrist (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

fist — full definition

  1. noun A hand with the fingers curled tightly inward, typically for punching or gripping.
  2. verb To strike someone with a closed fist.

pulse — full definition

  1. noun The regular beat you feel in an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood.
  2. noun A brief burst of energy, sound, or signal, often repeated in a sequence.
  3. verb To beat or throb rhythmically, or to send something out in short bursts.
  4. noun The edible seed of a legume plant, such as a lentil, bean, or pea.

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