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Webster 1913 Edition

Pulsation

Pul-sa′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
pulsatio
a beating or striking: cf. F.
pulsation
.]
1.
(Physiol.)
A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.
2.
A single beat or throb of a series.
3.
A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds.
4.
(Law)
Any touching of another’s body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
By the Cornelian law,
pulsation
as well as verberation is prohibited.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pulsation

PULSA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. pulsatio,supra.] The beating or throbbing of the heart or of an artery, in the process of carrying on the circulation of the blood. The blood being propelled by the contraction of the heart, causes the arteries to dilate, so as to render each dilation perceptible to the touch in certain parts of the body, as in the radial artery, &c.
1.
In law, any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.

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