heartbeat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.
A very short space of time; an instant.
A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.

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heartbeat heartbeats

From heart + beat.

pulse

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