pulse

Everyday

1. Your pulse is the beat of your heart that you can feel on your wrist or neck. tree →
2. A pulse is one short beat, burst of light, sound or energy. tree →
3. Pulses are seeds you can eat, like lentils, beans and peas. tree →
4. To pulse is to beat or throb in a steady rhythm. tree →
5. Calling someone my pulse is an old, loving name for a person you dearly love. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: a rate: beats per minute; problems ask how many beats in a number of minutes or seconds; count for 15 seconds and multiply by 4. In science and PE: pulse goes up with exercise and down with rest; a healthy child's resting pulse is often about 70 to 110. In food: pulses are rich in protein. In stories: «her pulse raced».

Examples

• Her pulse is 80 beats a minute. tree →
• After running, his pulse went up by 30 beats. tree →
• How many times does a heart with a pulse of 70 beat in 5 minutes? tree →
• Count your pulse for 15 seconds and multiply by 4. tree →
• Put two fingers on your wrist to feel your pulse. tree →
• The doctor checked my pulse. tree →
• Lentils and chickpeas are pulses. tree →
• The music pulsed through the hall. tree →
• Her pulse raced when the lights went out. tree →
• “Is this true, my pulse?” he murmured. tree →

Note

A pulse is given as beats per minute, a rate: beats = pulse × minutes. Trap: if the pulse is counted for 15 or 30 seconds, change it to a full minute first (× 4 or × 2). Feel a pulse with fingers, not the thumb, because the thumb has its own pulse. «Pulses» (food) is a different meaning.

In Jewish tradition

In Daniel it means seeds like beans and lentils that were eaten as plain food.

Interpretation. Daniel and his friends ate pulse so as not to defile themselves with the king's food. The tradition reads this as keeping the dietary laws in exile.

Examples

• So the steward took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse. (Writings DAN.1.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Try thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. (Writings DAN.1.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, (Prophets 2SA.17.28, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A pulse is given as beats per minute, a rate: beats = pulse × minutes. Trap: if the pulse is counted for 15 or 30 seconds, change it to a full minute first (× 4 or × 2). Feel a pulse with fingers, not the thumb, because the thumb has its own pulse. «Pulses» (food) is a different meaning.