English Dictionary

systole

/ˈsɪstəli/

noun

(physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries. / (prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.

The systole of the heart is the contraction phase.

意味（1）

(physiology) The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.

[…] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the Diaſtole and Systole came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the dilation and conſtriction had its exiſtence.

意味（2）

(prosody) A shortening of a naturally long vowel.

意味（3）

(mathematics) The shortest noncontractible loop on a compact metric space.