English

pulsewidth

From pulse + width.

A compound of pulse + width

Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to beat, strike’

Latin pulsus ‘beat, impulse, pulse, stroke’

Old French pous

Anglo-Norman puls

Middle English pulse ‘regular beat of arteries, pulse’

English pulse

English wyde

English width

Today it means

noun The width of a pulse.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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