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Definitions: Palpitation |
PalpitationNoun1. A rapid and irregular heart beat. 2. A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "palpitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Palpitation \Pal`pi*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression palpitatio: compare to the French expression palpitation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A subjective sensation of an unduly rapid or irregular heart beat. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PalpitationSynonyms: quiver (n), quivering (n), shakiness (n), shaking (n), trembling (n), vibration (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion. |
Fear | Nervousness, restlessness; Adjective: inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern; batophobia; heartquake; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear; (cowardice); mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency; despair. |
Feeling | Blush, suffusion, flush; hectic; tingling, thrill, turn, shock; agitation; (irregular motion); quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor; throb, throbbing; pulsation, palpitation, panting; trepidation, perturbation; ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment; state of excitement. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Palpitation |
| English words defined with "palpitation": Angor, Apitpat ♦ Cardialgy ♦ Iodism ♦ Pitapat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "palpitation": Harod ♦ Neurocirculatory Asthenia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Palpitation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (palpitation), French (flutter, palpitation, pant, panting, pulse, quiver), German (palpitation). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the moment he passed under the guns of the fortress, he felt a frightful palpitation of the heart. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Palpitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Palpitation" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
heart palpitation | 42 |
palpitation | 16 |
cause heart palpitation | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "palpitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrahje zemre (flutter, heartbeat, pant), dridhje (didder, dither, fibrillation, flicker, flickering, flutter, jarring, jerk, pulse, quake, quiver, shake, shaking, shiver, shudder, throb, tremble, trembling, tremolo, tremor, twitch, vibrancy, vibration), dridhërim (vibration). (various references) | |
Arabic | وجيب القلب, خفقان (pulse, throb, whip). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сърцебиене, разтупкване, тупкане (thump, vibration), пулсиране (pulsation, throb). (various references) | |
Chinese | " (short breathing), 心悸. (various references) | |
Czech | palpitace, bušení srdce. (various references) | |
Danish | palpitation (palpitations). (various references) | |
Dutch | palpitatie. (various references) | |
Finnish | sydämentykytys (heartbeat). (various references) | |
French | palpitation (pant, panting). (various references) | |
German | herzklopfen (beating of the heart, palpitations), Palpitation. (various references) | |
Greek | καρδιοπαλμία, παλμόσ (beat, pitapat, pulsation, throb, vibration), παλμός (heartbeat, impulse, impulsion, pulse), χτυποκάρδι (heartbeat). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "למות "לב (heartbeat), רטט (quiver, shake, thrill, trembling, vibration). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szívdobogás (beating, heart-beat), reszketés (quaver, quiver, shaking, shiver, shudder, shuddering, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, wavering), remegés (dither, flutter, judder, quake, quiver, shuddering, thrill, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, vibration), dobogás (beat, beating, chunking, patter, pitter patter, pounding, pulsation, pulse, throb, throbbing, thump). (various references) | |
Italian | palpitazione (panting, throbbing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "動 (beat, pulsation, throbbing). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | どうき (contemporary, copperware, corresponding period, incentive, motive, pulsation, same class, same period, same temperament, same turn of mind, synchronous, throbbing), "どう (ancient methods, ancient moral teachings, beat, Kodou, old road, pulsation, the way of learning, throbbing), ときめき (throbbing). (various references) | |
Manx | soutal y chree, builley mysh y chree, brebaney cree. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alpitationpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | palpitação (flutter, pant, pulse, quiver, thrill, throb, vibration). (various references) | |
Romanian | pulsaţie (pulse, ripple, throb, variant), palpitaţie (throb), tremur (flicker, quaver, quiver, shake, shimmy, shudder, thrill, tremble, trembling, tremor), teamã (alarm, anxiety, apprehension, awe, dread, fear, fright, nervousness, panic, pusillanimity, terror), fricã (anguish, anxiety, apprehension, fear, fright, funk, pusillanimity, scare, yellow). (various references) | |
Russian | сердцебиение (heartbeat), трепетание (fibrillation, flutter, oscillation), пульсация (pulsation, ripple, sphygmus, throb), пальпитация. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | podrhtavanje (quaver, thrill, tremor), palpitacija. (various references) | |
Spanish | palpitación (heartbeat, panting, throb, throbbing). (various references) | |
Swedish | skälvning (quake, quiver, shaking, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, trepidation), hjärtklappning. (various references) | |
Turkish | hızlı atma, çarpıntı (flutter, pit-a-pat, throb, tremor). (various references) | |
Ukranian | сильне серцебиття, трепет (awe, fear, flutter, pit-a-pat, thrill, vibration). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự h"i hộp trống ngực. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "palpitation": palpitations. (additional references) | |
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"Palpitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: palpatation, palpitati, palpitition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "palpitation" (pronounced pa'lputā"shun) |
| 7 | -p u t ā" sh u n | decapitation, precipitation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-l-n-o-p-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: palpation, palpitant. | |
-3 letters: oppilant, talapoin. | |
-4 letters: alation, antipot, appoint, pinitol, pintail, pitapat, platina, talipot, tilapia, titania. | |
-5 letters: anatto, anopia, atonal, attain, laptop, latino, lattin, papain, patina, pinata, plaint, platan, pliant, pontil, poplin, taipan, talion, tapalo, tiptop, titian. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-l-n-o-p-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: palpitations. | |
+4 letters: intrapopulation, participational, preimplantation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101100 01110000 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a l p i t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 006C 0070 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067788275866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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