Pulse and Signal

Pulse

Pulse noun - A rhythmic expanding and contracting.

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Signal and pulse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Signal" instead the word "Pulse" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: pulsate, pulsation, pulsed, pulsated, pulsing

Signal noun - An object intended to give public notice or warning.

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Pulse and signal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pulse" instead the word "Signal" as a noun or a verb.

steady	steady pulse	steady signal
faint	faint pulse	faint signal
special	special pulse	special signal
common	common pulse	common signal
Other adjectives: light, continuous, single, strong, powerful, large, weak, little, psychic, sexual, new, mysterious, weird, last, electrical, localized, digital, electronic.

Planet Eater: Coop attracted a planet-shaped one to Earth when he accidentally unleashes a signal-disrupting EM pulse trying to juice up his satellite dish.

Source: Western Animation / Megas XLR
The first one, pulse-code modulation, captures the signal at a rate closer to original but still within the Nyquist-Shannon theorem.

Source: Useful Notes / Analog Vs Digital
In another Stephen King book, Cell, it's theorised that the Pulse - a cell phone signal that causes people to go crazy, causing the collapse of civilisation - actually started as a terrorist weapon that got out of control when the signal kept getting relayed all over the world.

Source: Gone Horribly Right / Literature

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