pulsimeter

noun — 2 senses

pulsimeter

noun

Etymology From pulse + -meter.

1

A sphygmograph.

2

Any of various devices designed to monitor someone's pulse.

  • In order not to affect users' habits of using mobiles and to avoid the electromagnetic interference effects of the pacemaker, we have designed a wristable sphygmomanometer and pulsimeter which uses bluetooth power class II [7,8] as the device for short-distance transmission.2012, Attila Roka, Current Issues and Recent Advances in Pacemaker Therapy, page 248:
  • The pulsimeter consisted of a leaden bob attached to a long thread, the length of which could be adjusted gradually until the rate of oscillation of the pendulum thus formed coincided with the patient's pulse-beat.2019, Abraham Wolf, A History of Science Technology and Philosophy in the 16 and 17th Centuries:

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