pulse — pulse1 [ pʌls ] noun count ** 1. ) usually singular the regular movement of blood as the heart pumps it around the body: She felt his wrist, checking for a pulse. a ) the rate of someone s pulse, especially the number of movements that you can… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pulse — I UK [pʌls] / US noun [countable] Word forms pulse : singular pulse plural pulses ** 1) a) [usually singular] medical the regular movement of blood as the heart pumps it round the body She felt his wrist, checking for a pulse. b) the rate of… … English dictionary
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry — (TOFMS) is a method of mass spectrometry in which ions are accelerated by an electric field of known strength. [Stephens, W. E., [http://link.aps.org/abstract/PR/v69/p674/s2 A Pulsed Mass Spectrometer with Time Dispersion] Phys. Rev. , 1946, 69 … Wikipedia
Time-domain reflectometer — A time domain reflectometer (TDR) is an electronic instrument used to characterize and locate faults in metallic cables (for example, twisted wire pairs, coaxial cables). The equivalent device for optical fiber is an optical time domain… … Wikipedia
Pulse forming network — A Pulse Forming Network (PFN) accumulates electrical energy over a comparatively long time, then releases the stored energy in the form of a relatively square pulse of comparatively short duration for various pulsed power applications. In… … Wikipedia
Time-resolved spectroscopy — In physics and physical chemistry, time resolved spectroscopy is the study of dynamic processes in materials or chemical compounds by means of spectroscopic techniques. Most often, processes are studied that occur after illumination of a material … Wikipedia
pulse — pulse1 [pʌls] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(heart)¦ 2¦(music)¦ 3¦(sound/light/electricity)¦ 4¦(feelings/opinions)¦ 5¦(food)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 4; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: pouls, from Latin pulsus beating , past participle of pellere to hit ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pulse Radio — Infobox Radio Station name = Pulse Radio city = London slogan = Get Addicted airdate = 1999 format = Music Speech frequency = owner = LSE Students Union website = [http://www.pulse.dj www.pulse.dj] Pulse is the official radio station of the… … Wikipedia
pulse — 1 noun 1 (countable usually singular) 2 a) the regular beat that can be felt, for example at your wrist, as your heart pumps blood around your body: I checked his pulse he was still alive. b) also pulse rate the number of these beats per minute:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Time-Domain Thermoreflectance — is a method by which the thermal properties of a material can be measured, most importantly thermal conductivity. This method can be applied most notably to thin film materials (up to hundreds of nanometers thick), which have properties that vary … Wikipedia