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Beating

Beating

1. The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

2. Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.

3. (Science: physics) Pulsative sounds. See beat.

4. The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.


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