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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespulsateur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pylsateœʁ
"Le pulsateur de la machine à traire doit être vérifié régulièrement."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A mechanical device or component that produces a rhythmic pulsing action, such as in milking machines or washing machines.
"The dairy farmer replaced the worn pulsator to ensure the milking machine operated at the correct rhythm." - 2
Something or someone that pulses, throbs, or beats rhythmically.
"An electronic pulsator was integrated into the therapeutic massage device to vary the intensity of the water jets."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin verb 'pulsatare', a frequentative form of 'pulsare' meaning 'to beat or strike', which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *pela- 'to drive, strike'. It entered English usage in the 19th century initially within mechanical and physiological contexts to describe a device or organ that causes rhythmic beating or pulsation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pulsator" is said worldwide
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pulsateur
Transliteration: pylsateœʁ
"Le pulsateur de la machine à traire doit être vérifié régulièrement."
Pulsator
Transliteration: pʊlˈzaːtoːɐ̯
"Der Pulsator steuert den Rhythmus des Melkgeräts."
pulsatore
Transliteration: pulzaˈtore
"Il pulsatore regola il flusso della mungitrice."
pulsador
Transliteration: pulsaˈðor
"El pulsador de la máquina garantiza un ritmo constante."
pulsador
Transliteration: puwzaˈdoɾ
"O pulsador controla a frequência da sucção."
स्पंदक
Transliteration: spandak
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"दूध निकालने की मशीन का स्पंदक ठीक से काम कर रहा है।"
脉动器
Transliteration: màidòngqì
Script: 中文汉字
"挤奶机的脉动器需要定期检修。"
맥동기
Transliteration: maekdonggi
Script: 한국어 한글
"착유기의 맥동기가 일정한 리듬을 유지합니다."
パルセータ
Transliteration: parusēta
Script: 日本語
"搾乳機のパルセータが故障してしまった。"
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