pulsator

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?]

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

pulsator (plural pulsators)

1. (astronomy) Any pulsating astronomical object
2. (dated) A beater; a striker.
3. (engineering, dated) That which beats or throbs in working.
4. A pulsometer.
5. (mining) A jigging machine used in the South African diamond industry.

Related terms

• pulsar

Anagrams

• postural, sportula

Latin

Verb

pulsātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of pulsō

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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulsatoire.

Adjective

pulsator m or n (feminine singular pulsatoare, masculine plural pulsatori, feminine and neuter plural pulsatoare)

1. pulsatory

Declension

Declension of pulsator

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pulsator		pulsatoare	pulsatori	pulsatoare
	definite	pulsatorul		pulsatoarea	pulsatorii	pulsatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pulsator		pulsatoare	pulsatori	pulsatoare
	definite	pulsatorului		pulsatoarei	pulsatorilor	pulsatoarelor