pulsar

See also: pulsár, púlsar, and Pulsar

English

Etymology

Blend of pulsating +‎ (radio) star, patterned after quasar. Coined by British astronomers Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell in 1968, and first used in print in The Daily Telegraph. Analyzable as pulse +‎ -ar

Noun

pulsar (plural pulsars)

  1. (astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.

Synonyms
  • PSR (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
  • accretion-powered pulsar
  • gamma pulsar
  • magnetar
  • millisecond pulsar
  • optical pulsar
  • rotation-powered pulsar
  • RRAT (rotating radio transient)
  • SGR (soft-gamma repeater)

Derived terms
  • accretion-powered pulsar
  • gamma pulsar
  • millisecond pulsar
  • optical pulsar
  • PSR (abbreviation)
  • rotation-powered pulsar

Translations

See also

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pulsar.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

pulsar c (plural pulsars)

  1. (astronomy) pulsar

French

Noun

pulsar f (plural pulsars)

  1. pulsar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto pulsi, from English pulsate, German pulsieren, Spanish pulsar, Portuguese pulsar, ultimately from Latin pulsō, frequentative of pellō (“drive, strike”).

Verb

pulsar (present tense pulsas, past tense pulsis, future tense pulsos, imperative pulsez, conditional pulsus)

  1. (transitive) to push, thrust, impel
  2. (intransitive) to beat, throb, pulsate

Conjugation
    Conjugation of pulsar
present past future
infinitive pulsar pulsir pulsor
tense pulsas pulsis pulsos
conditional pulsus
imperative pulsez
adjective active participle pulsanta pulsinta pulsonta
adverbial active participle pulsante pulsinte pulsonte
nominal active participle singular pulsanto pulsinto pulsonto
plural pulsanti pulsinti pulsonti
adjective passive participle pulsata pulsita pulsota
adverbial passive participle pulsate pulsite pulsote
nominal passive participle singular pulsato pulsito pulsoto
plural pulsati pulsiti pulsoti

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English pulsar.

Noun

pulsar m (definite singular pulsaren, indefinite plural pulsarer, definite plural pulsarene)

  1. (astronomy) a pulsar

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pulsar.

Noun

pulsar m (definite singular pulsaren, indefinite plural pulsarar, definite plural pulsarane)

  1. (astronomy) a pulsar

Noun

pulsar m

  1. indefinite plural of puls

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pulsar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpul.sar/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulsar
  • Syllabification: pul‧sar

Noun

pulsar m inan

  1. (astronomy) pulsar

Declension
Declension of pulsar
singular plural
nominative pulsar pulsary
genitive pulsara pulsarów
dative pulsarowi pulsarom
accusative pulsar pulsary
instrumental pulsarem pulsarami
locative pulsarze pulsarach
vocative pulsarze pulsary

Further reading
  • pulsar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pulsar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /puwˈsa(ʁ)/ [puʊ̯ˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /puwˈsa(ɾ)/ [puʊ̯ˈsa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /puwˈsa(ʁ)/ [puʊ̯ˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /puwˈsa(ɻ)/ [puʊ̯ˈsa(ɻ)]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pulˈsaɾ/ [puɫˈsaɾ]

  • Hyphenation: pul‧sar

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pulsāre. Doublet of the inherited puxar.

Verb

pulsar (first-person singular present pulso, first-person singular preterite pulsei, past participle pulsado)

  1. to pulse, beat, pulsate
Conjugation
    Conjugation of pulsar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal pulsar
Personal pulsar pulsares pulsar pulsarmos pulsardes pulsarem
Gerund
pulsando
Past participle
Masculine pulsado pulsados
Feminine pulsada pulsadas
Indicative
Present pulso pulsas pulsa pulsamos pulsais pulsam
Imperfect pulsava pulsavas pulsava pulsávamos pulsáveis pulsavam
Preterite pulsei pulsaste pulsou pulsamos1, pulsámos2 pulsastes pulsaram
Pluperfect pulsara pulsaras pulsara pulsáramos pulsáreis pulsaram
Future pulsarei pulsarás pulsará pulsaremos pulsareis pulsarão
Conditional
pulsaria pulsarias pulsaria pulsaríamos pulsaríeis pulsariam
Subjunctive
Present pulse pulses pulse pulsemos pulseis pulsem
Imperfect pulsasse pulsasses pulsasse pulsássemos pulsásseis pulsassem
Future pulsar pulsares pulsar pulsarmos pulsardes pulsarem
Imperative
Affirmative pulsa pulse pulsemos pulsai pulsem
Negative (não) não pulses não pulse não pulsemos não pulseis não pulsem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pulsar.

Noun

pulsar m (plural pulsares)

  1. (astronomy) pulsar (rotating neutron star)

Romanian

Etymology

From English pulsar or French pulsar.

Noun

pulsar m (plural pulsari)

  1. pulsar

Declension
Declension of pulsar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pulsar pulsarul (niște) pulsari pulsarii
genitive/dative (unui) pulsar pulsarului (unor) pulsari pulsarilor
vocative pulsarule pulsarilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pulsar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pǔlsaːr/

Noun

pùlsār m (Cyrillic spelling пу̀лса̄р)

  1. (astronomy) pulsar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulsāre, present active infinitive of pulsō. Doublet of the inherited pujar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pulˈsaɾ/ [pulˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pul‧sar

Verb

pulsar (first-person singular present pulso, first-person singular preterite pulsé, past participle pulsado)

  1. to press (a button, etc.)
    pulsar un botón ― to press a button
  2. (computing) to click (to press and release a button on a computer mouse)
  3. to pulsate

Conjugation
    Conjugation of pulsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive pulsar
gerund pulsando
past participle masculine feminine
singular pulsado pulsada
plural pulsados pulsadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pulso pulsastú
pulsásvos		 pulsa pulsamos pulsáis pulsan
imperfect pulsaba pulsabas pulsaba pulsábamos pulsabais pulsaban
preterite pulsé pulsaste pulsó pulsamos pulsasteis pulsaron
future pulsaré pulsarás pulsará pulsaremos pulsaréis pulsarán
conditional pulsaría pulsarías pulsaría pulsaríamos pulsaríais pulsarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pulse pulsestú
pulsésvos2		 pulse pulsemos pulséis pulsen
imperfect
(ra)		 pulsara pulsaras pulsara pulsáramos pulsarais pulsaran
imperfect
(se)		 pulsase pulsases pulsase pulsásemos pulsaseis pulsasen
future1 pulsare pulsares pulsare pulsáremos pulsareis pulsaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative pulsatú
pulsávos		 pulse pulsemos pulsad pulsen
negative no pulses no pulse no pulsemos no pulséis no pulsen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pulsar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive pulsar
dative pulsarme pulsarte pulsarle, pulsarse pulsarnos pulsaros pulsarles, pulsarse
accusative pulsarme pulsarte pulsarlo, pulsarla, pulsarse pulsarnos pulsaros pulsarlos, pulsarlas, pulsarse
with gerund pulsando
dative pulsándome pulsándote pulsándole, pulsándose pulsándonos pulsándoos pulsándoles, pulsándose
accusative pulsándome pulsándote pulsándolo, pulsándola, pulsándose pulsándonos pulsándoos pulsándolos, pulsándolas, pulsándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pulsa
dative púlsame púlsate púlsale púlsanos not used púlsales
accusative púlsame púlsate púlsalo, púlsala púlsanos not used púlsalos, púlsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pulsá
dative pulsame pulsate pulsale pulsanos not used pulsales
accusative pulsame pulsate pulsalo, pulsala pulsanos not used pulsalos, pulsalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pulse
dative púlseme not used púlsele, púlsese púlsenos not used púlseles
accusative púlseme not used púlselo, púlsela, púlsese púlsenos not used púlselos, púlselas
with first-person plural imperative pulsemos
dative not used pulsémoste pulsémosle pulsémonos pulsémoos pulsémosles
accusative not used pulsémoste pulsémoslo, pulsémosla pulsémonos pulsémoos pulsémoslos, pulsémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pulsad
dative pulsadme not used pulsadle pulsadnos pulsaos pulsadles
accusative pulsadme not used pulsadlo, pulsadla pulsadnos pulsaos pulsadlos, pulsadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pulsen
dative púlsenme not used púlsenle púlsennos not used púlsenles, púlsense
accusative púlsenme not used púlsenlo, púlsenla púlsennos not used púlsenlos, púlsenlas, púlsense

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

pulsar

  1. (astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically
  2. indefinite plural of puls.

Verb

pulsar

  1. present tense of pulsa.
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