pulsatory

[ puhl-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈpʌl səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

pulsating or throbbing.

Origin of pulsatory

First recorded in 1605–15; pulsat(ion) + -ory¹

The considerations which have just been set forth have led to a third hypothesis, that of pulsatory climatic changes.

Climatic Changes |Ellsworth Huntington
A third species of dynamo is the pulsatory, in which the current flow is invariable in direction, but proceeds in waves.

The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century. |Edward W. Byrn
It is often possible to obtain record of the pulsatory nature of growth-elongation.

Life Movements in Plants |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
In the case of the pulsatory hypothesis we are fortunately able to apply this test by means of trees.

Climatic Changes |Ellsworth Huntington

Systaltic, sis-tal′tik, adj. alternately contracting and dilating, pulsatory.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various

pulsatory

/ (ˈpʌlsətərɪ, -trɪ) /

of or relating to pulsation

throbbing or pulsating