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systolic
English
Etymology
From systole +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?l?k
Adjective
systolic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction
- (computing) Relating to a systolic array
- a systolic compiler
- (mathematics) Relating to the mathematical concept of a systole
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
systolic (plural systolics)
- (medicine, colloquial) Short for systolic blood pressure.
See also
- diastolic
Interlingua
Adjective
systolic (not comparable)
- systolic
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systole
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (sustol?), from ???????? (sustéll?, “to contract”), from ??? (sún, “together”) + ?????? (stéll?, “to send”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?s?st?li/
- Homophone: sisterly (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
systole (plural systoles)
- (physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, pp. 78-9:
- A double systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats.
- 1974, Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament:
- There is no essential virtue in comfort. To be relaxed is good if it is part of a process of systole and diastole. Relaxation comes between phases of tenseness.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, pp. 78-9:
- (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
- (mathematics) The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.
Antonyms
- diastole
Hypernyms
- (prosody): metaplasm
Derived terms
- asystole
- systolic
Translations
Anagrams
- tolseys, toyless, tyloses
Dutch
Etymology
From French systole, from Ancient Greek ??????? (sustol?), from ???????? (sustéll?, “to contract”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?s?to?.l?/
Noun
systole f (plural systoles)
- (physiology) systole
Antonyms
- diastole
French
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (sustol?), from ???????? (sustéll?, “to contract”), from ??? (sún, “together”) + ?????? (stéll?, “to send”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sis.t?l/
Noun
systole f (plural systoles)
- (physiology) systole
Antonyms
- diastole
Further reading
- “systole” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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