heartbeat

n.

1.

the audible and palpable rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; as, he listened to her heartbeat with a stethoscope. in a heartbeat immediately.

Noun	1.	heartbeat - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" Synonyms: beat, pulse, pulsation
	2.	heartbeat - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" Synonyms: instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, flash
	3.	heartbeat - an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"

1.	(networking)	heartbeat - The signal emitted by a Level 2 Ethernet transceiver at the end of every packet to show that the collision-detection circuit is still connected.
2.		heartbeat - A periodic synchronisation signal used by software or hardware, such as a bus clock or a periodic interrupt.
3.		heartbeat - The "natural" oscillation frequency of a computer's clock crystal, before frequency division down to the machine's clock rate.
4.		heartbeat - A signal emitted at regular intervals by software to demonstrate that it is still alive. Sometimes hardware is designed to reboot the machine if it stops hearing a heartbeat. See also breath-of-life packet, watchdog.

To hear a heartbeat in your dream, suggests that you are not confronting or recognizing your feelings. You need to approaching thing head-on. Alternatively, a heartbeat may symbolize life or fear. You are feeling threatened in some way.anima, animating force, arrhythmia, atman, bathmism, beat, beating, beating heart, biological clock, biorhythm, blood, breath, breath of life, divine breath, divine spark, drumming, elan vital, essence of life, flutter, force of life, growth force, heart, heartblood, heartthrob, impulse of life, inspiriting force, jiva, jivatma, life breath, life cycle, life essence, life force, life principle, life process, lifeblood, living force, palpitation, pitapat, pitter-patter, pneuma, prana, pulsation, pulse, rat-a-tat, rataplan, rhythm, seat of life, soul, spark of life, spirit, staccato, tempo, throb, throbbing, vis vitae, vis vitalis, vital energy, vital flame, vital fluid, vital force, vital principle, vital spark, vital spirit