brief pulse

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandpulse

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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pulse
noun
uk
/pʌls/us
/pʌls/
the regular beating of the heart, especially when it is felt at the wrist or side of ...
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(Definition ofbriefandpulsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the pulsed-pedestal paradigm, the observer adapted to the background and the pedestal and pattern were presented together as abriefpulse.
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In the steady-pedestal paradigm, the observer adapted to the continuously presented pedestal and the pattern appeared as abriefpulse.
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Animals with stimulating electrodes implanted along this pathway will bar-press very energetically if each press is followed by abriefpulseof electrical current.
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Photoflash capacitors are designed to deliver abriefpulseof very high current, and are consequently sometimes used in railgun and coilgun designs.
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Echo technique adds abriefpulseof increased volume to a sustained handbell note.
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The vast majority of modern treatment usesbriefpulsecurrents.
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The antenna is connected to the transmitter, which sends out abriefpulseof radio energy before being disconnected again.
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If the dielectric for that bit contained a charge, the electrons would be pushed off the dielectric and read as abriefpulseof current in the signal plate.
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The general idea of laser-beam weaponry is to hit a target with a train of brief pulses of light.
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The signals produced by these spark-gap transmitters consisted of brief pulses of radio frequency oscillations which died out rapidly to zero, called damped waves.
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