Meanings
plural heart rates
- countableuncountableThe number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.
Near-synonym: pulse
1 more example
For most adults, a normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute For children less than 10, normal resting heart rates vary by age: […]
2025 June 25 (last accessed), “Measuring Resting Heart Rate (RHR)”, in Virginia Commonwealth University, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2025, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 心率
- 心率 (xīnlǜ)number of heart beats per unit of time
Czech tepová frekvence, srdeční rytmus
- tepová frekvencenumber of heart beats per unit of time
- srdeční rytmusnumber of heart beats per unit of time
Dutch hartslag
- hartslagnumber of heart beats per unit of time
Finnish syke
- sykenumber of heart beats per unit of time
French fréquence cardiaque
- fréquence cardiaquenumber of heart beats per unit of time
German Herzfrequenz
- Herzfrequenznumber of heart beats per unit of time
Japanese 心拍, 心拍数
- 心拍 (shinpaku)number of heart beats per unit of time
- 心拍数 (shinpakusū)number of heart beats per unit of time
Korean 심박, 심박수
- 심박 (simbak)number of heart beats per unit of time
- 심박수 (simbaksu)number of heart beats per unit of time
- 심장박동수 (simjangbakdongsu)number of heart beats per unit of time
Polish tętno
- tętnonumber of heart beats per unit of time
Portuguese pulso, frequência cardíaca
- pulsonumber of heart beats per unit of time
- frequência cardíacanumber of heart beats per unit of time
Russian частота́ серде́чных сокраще́ний, частота ритма
- частота́ серде́чных сокраще́ний (častotá serdéčnyx sokraščénij)number of heart beats per unit of time
- частота ритма (častota ritma)number of heart beats per unit of time
Spanish ritmo cardiaco, frecuencia cardíaca
- ritmo cardiaconumber of heart beats per unit of time
- frecuencia cardíacanumber of heart beats per unit of time
- tasa cardiacanumber of heart beats per unit of time
Swedish hjärtfrekvens, puls
- hjärtfrekvensnumber of heart beats per unit of time
- pulsnumber of heart beats per unit of time
Vietnamese nhịp tim
- nhịp timnumber of heart beats per unit of time
Cite this entry
heart rate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20rate
“heart rate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20rate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart rate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20rate.
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