Nouns

(n)pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)“the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star”
(n)pulsationa periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
(n)pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beatthe rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart“he could feel the beat of her heart”