pulsator
English
Etymology
Latin [Term?]
Noun
pulsator (plural pulsators)
- (astronomy) Any pulsating astronomical object
- (dated) A beater; a striker.
- (engineering, dated) That which beats or throbs in working.
- A pulsometer.
- (mining) A jigging machine used in the South African diamond industry.
Related terms
Latin
Verb
pulsātor
References
- pulsator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pulsator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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