pulsar
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of pulsating + (radio) star, patterned after quasar. Coined by British astronomers Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell in 1968, and first used in print in The Daily Telegraph. Analyzable as pulse + -ar
Noun edit
pulsar (plural pulsars)
- (astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
Synonyms edit
- PSR (abbreviation)
Hypernyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- pulsar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “pulsar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “pulsar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
pulsar c (plural pulsars)
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
pulsar f (plural pulsars)
Ido edit
Etymology edit
From Esperanto pulsi, from English pulsate, German pulsieren, Spanish pulsar, Portuguese pulsar, ultimately from Latin pulsō, frequentative of pellō (“drive, strike”).
Verb edit
pulsar (present tense pulsas, past tense pulsis, future tense pulsos, imperative pulsez, conditional pulsus)
- (transitive) to push, thrust, impel
- (intransitive) to beat, throb, pulsate
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | pulsar | pulsir | pulsor | ||||
tense | pulsas | pulsis | pulsos | ||||
conditional | pulsus | ||||||
imperative | pulsez | ||||||
adjective active participle | pulsanta | pulsinta | pulsonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | pulsante | pulsinte | pulsonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | pulsanto | pulsinto | pulsonto | |||
plural | pulsanti | pulsinti | pulsonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | pulsata | pulsita | pulsota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | pulsate | pulsite | pulsote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | pulsato | pulsito | pulsoto | |||
plural | pulsati | pulsiti | pulsoti |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pulsar m (definite singular pulsaren, indefinite plural pulsarer, definite plural pulsarene)
References edit
- “pulsar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
pulsar m (definite singular pulsaren, indefinite plural pulsarar, definite plural pulsarane)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
pulsar m
- indefinite plural of puls
References edit
- “pulsar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pulsar m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- pulsar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pul‧sar
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin pulsāre. Doublet of the inherited puxar.
Verb edit
pulsar (first-person singular present pulso, first-person singular preterite pulsei, past participle pulsado)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
pulsar m (plural pulsares)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English pulsar or French pulsar.
Noun edit
pulsar m (plural pulsari)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pulsar | pulsarul | (niște) pulsari | pulsarii |
genitive/dative | (unui) pulsar | pulsarului | (unor) pulsari | pulsarilor |
vocative | pulsarule | pulsarilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pùlsār m (Cyrillic spelling пу̀лса̄р)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pulsāre. Doublet of the inherited pujar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pulsar (first-person singular present pulso, first-person singular preterite pulsé, past participle pulsado)
- to press (a button, etc.)
- pulsar un botón ― to press a button
- (computing) to click (to press and release a button on a computer mouse)
- to pulsate
Conjugation edit
infinitive | pulsar | ||||||
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gerund | pulsando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pulsado | pulsada | |||||
plural | pulsados | pulsadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pulso | pulsastú pulsásvos |
pulsa | pulsamos | pulsáis | pulsan | |
imperfect | pulsaba | pulsabas | pulsaba | pulsábamos | pulsabais | pulsaban | |
preterite | pulsé | pulsaste | pulsó | pulsamos | pulsasteis | pulsaron | |
future | pulsaré | pulsarás | pulsará | pulsaremos | pulsaréis | pulsarán | |
conditional | pulsaría | pulsarías | pulsaría | pulsaríamos | pulsaríais | pulsarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pulse | pulsestú pulsésvos2 |
pulse | pulsemos | pulséis | pulsen | |
imperfect (ra) |
pulsara | pulsaras | pulsara | pulsáramos | pulsarais | pulsaran | |
imperfect (se) |
pulsase | pulsases | pulsase | pulsásemos | pulsaseis | pulsasen | |
future1 | pulsare | pulsares | pulsare | pulsáremos | pulsareis | pulsaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | pulsatú pulsávos |
pulse | pulsemos | pulsad | pulsen | ||
negative | no pulses | no pulse | no pulsemos | no pulséis | no pulsen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pulsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
pulsar c
- pulsar (a rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically)
Declension edit
Declension of pulsar | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pulsar | pulsaren | pulsarer | pulsarerna |
Genitive | pulsars | pulsarens | pulsarers | pulsarernas |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
pulsar
- indefinite plural of puls
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
pulsar
Further reading edit
- pulsar in Svensk ordbok.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pulsar (definite accusative pulsarı, plural pulsarlar)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | pulsar | |
Definite accusative | pulsarı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | pulsar | pulsarlar |
Definite accusative | pulsarı | pulsarları |
Dative | pulsara | pulsarlara |
Locative | pulsarda | pulsarlarda |
Ablative | pulsardan | pulsarlardan |
Genitive | pulsarın | pulsarların |
Further reading edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “pulsar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük