heartbeat as a noun: - 1
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heartbeat
noun
1 heartbeat
The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart.
synonyms: beat, pulsation, pulse.
Roget 359:
life,
vitality,
viability;
animation;
vital spark,
vital flame,
soul,
spirit.
respiration,
wind;
breath of life,
breath of one's nostrils;
oxygen,
air.
[devices to sustain respiration]
respirator,
artificial respirator,
heart and lung machine,
iron lung;
medical devices
etc.
662.
lifeblood;
Archeus†;
existence
etc.
1.
vivification;
vital force;
vitalization;
revivification
etc.
163;
Prometheus;
life to come
etc.
(destiny)
152.
[Science of life]
physiology,
biology;
animal ecology.
nourishment,
staff of life
etc.
(food)
298.
genetics,
heredity,
inheritance,
evolution,
natural selection,
reproduction
(production)
161.
microbe,
aerobe,
anaerobe,
facultative anaerobe,
obligate aerobe,
obligate anaerobe,
halophile [Micro.],
methanogen [Micro.],
archaebacteria [Micro.],
microaerophile [Micro.].
animal
etc.
366;
vegetable
etc.
367.
artificial life,
robot,
robotics,
artificial intelligence.
[vital signs]
breathing,
breathing rate,
heartbeat,
pulse,
temperature.
preservation of life,
healing
(medicine)
662.
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Dutch: pols, hartslag
2 heartbeat
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).
synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink.
Dutch: handomdraai, mum, moment, pols, flits
3 heartbeat
An animating or vital unifying force.
Dutch: hartritme
Moby thesaurus: anima, animating force, arrhythmia, atman, bathmism, beat, beating, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm, blood, breath, breath of life, divine breath, divine spark, drumming, elan vital, essence of life, flutter, force of life, growth force, heart, heartblood, heartthrob, impulse of life, inspiriting force, jiva, jivatma, life breath, life cycle, life essence, life force, life principle, life process, lifeblood, living force, palpitation, pitapat, pitter-patter, pneuma, prana, pulsation, pulse, rat-a-tat, rataplan, rhythm, seat of life, soul, spark of life, spirit, staccato, tempo, throb, throbbing, vis vitae, vis vitalis, vital energy, vital flame, vital fluid, vital force, vital principle, vital spark, vital spirit ... show more.
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