systolic

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adjective

Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction

“a systolic compiler”

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Meanings

adjectivesystolic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to a systole or heart contraction
  2. not comparablecomputingRelating to a systolic array

    a systolic compiler

  3. not comparablemathematicsRelating to the mathematical concept of a systole
nounsystolic (plural systolics)

plural systolics

  1. abbreviationcolloquialellipsismedicineEllipsis of systolic blood pressure.

Origin

From systole + -ic.

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Translations

Catalan sistòlic
  • sistòlicof or relating to systole
Czech systolický
  • systolickýof or relating to systole
Finnish systolinen
  • systolinenof or relating to systole
French systolique
  • systoliqueof or relating to systole
Hungarian szisztolés
  • szisztolésof or relating to systole
Irish croíchrapthach
  • croíchrapthachof or relating to systole
Italian sistolico
  • sistolicoof or relating to systole
Polish skurczowy
  • skurczowyof or relating to systole
Portuguese sistólico
  • sistólicoof or relating to systole
Spanish sistólico
  • sistólicoof or relating to systole
Swedish systolisk
  • systoliskof or relating to systole

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with systolic

hydraulicsymbolicalcoholicmetabolicanabolichyperbolicparaboliccolicdiastolicfroliccatabolicbucolicemboliccarbolicshambolicaeraulicairdraulicasystolicMongolicrollick
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Cite this entry
APA

systolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systolic

MLA

“systolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systolic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “systolic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systolic.

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