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pacemaker (iou)



pacemaker noun. L19.
[from PACE noun1 + MAKER.]
A competitor who sets the pace for another in racing or training for a race; a leading competitor. L19.
A person who sets the rate of working for, or the standards to be achieved by, others; a thing that sets a trend. E20.
The part of the heart which determines the rate at which it contracts and where the contractions begin (in humans and other mammals normally the sino-atrial node); a structure which controls the rhythm of any other organ. E20.
A device which supplies electrical signals to the heart, stimulating it to beat at an appropriate rate. M20.