Usually means: Expanding and contracting rhythmically or periodically.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word pulsating:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulsating: Merriam-Webster
  2. pulsating: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pulsating: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pulsating: Vocabulary.com
  5. Pulsating, pulsating: Wordnik
  6. pulsating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. pulsating: Wiktionary
  8. Pulsating, pulsating: Dictionary.com
  9. pulsating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Pulsating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. pulsating: Rhymezone
  12. Pulsating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. pulsating: FreeDictionary.org
  14. pulsating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulsating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. pulsating: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Very exciting.
▸ noun:  A pulsation.

Similar:
pulsing, beating, rhythmical, rhythmic, pulsific, palpitating, pulsant, vibrant, pulsatile, orgasmic, more...

Opposite:
steady, constant, stable, unchanging

Phrases:
pulsating stars, pulsating current, pulsating exophthalmos, pulsating star, pulsating radio star, more...

Adjectives:
non, more, current, light, less, own, large, unilateral, congenital, red, live

Colors:
    neon green,     electric blue,     intense purple, more...



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Similar:
pulsing, beating, rhythmical, rhythmic, pulsific, palpitating, pulsant, vibrant, pulsatile, orgasmic, more...

Opposite:
steady, constant, stable, unchanging

Phrases:
pulsating stars, pulsating current, pulsating exophthalmos, pulsating star, pulsating radio star, more...

Adjectives:
non, more, current, light, less, own, large, unilateral, congenital, red, live

Colors:
    neon green,     electric blue,     intense purple, more...



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