The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.
Edible grains or seeds from leguminous plants, especially in a mature, dry condition; (countable) a specific kind of such a grain or seed.
The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.
An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.
A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.
A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.
A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.
A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
A brief increase in the strength of an electrical signal; an impulse.
Synonym of autosoliton (“a stable solitary localized structure that arises in nonlinear spatially extended dissipative systems due to mechanisms of self-organization”)
Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; (countable) such a plant; a legume.
To give to (something, especially a cell culture) an (increased) amount of a substance, such as a drug or an isotopic label, over a short time.
To manipulate (an electric current, electromagnetic wave, etc.) so that it is emitted in pulses.
Of an activity, place, or thing: to bustle with energy and liveliness; to pulsate.
To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.
To apply an electric current or signal that varies in strength to (something).
To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.
To operate a food processor on (some ingredient) in short bursts, to break it up without liquidizing it.
The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
A flow, repetition or regularity.
The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
A person's natural feeling for rhythm.