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vibration
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of vibrating [syn: quiver , quivering ] a distinctive emotional atmosphere; sensed intuitively; "it gave me a nostalgic vibe"; "that man gives off bad vibes" [syn: vibe ] a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Latin vibrationem (nominative vibratio ) "a shaking, a brandishing," noun of action from past participle stem of vibrare "set in tremulous motion" (see vibrate ). Meaning "intuitive signal about a person or thing" was popular late 1960s, but ...
Wikipedia
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Vibration is a French regional radio station , created in 1982 and owned by the Sud Radio Groupe .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vibration \Vi*bra"tion\, n. [L. vibratio: cf. F. vibration.] The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string. As a harper lays his open palm Upon his ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated. 2 (context physics English) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position. 3 A single complete vibrating motion. 4 (context slang English) An ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE molecular ▪ It is important to realize that not all molecular vibrations lead to oscillating dipoles. ▪ The radiation involved is normally of frequency much greater than that of any molecular vibration . ▪ I: chapter ...
Usage examples of vibration.
Murphy could feel the vibrations from his feet as the main engines aft began to accelerate them through the water of the shallow bay, moving them away from the sonobuoys.
He pressed the trigger-button again to test the guns but failed to feel the vibration that every airman feels with his whole body when he discharges his guns.
Spoilers make the airplane lose altitude and slow down, but they can also cause some choppy vibrations.
It was an anechoic chamber, absolutely soundproof and free of vibrations.
If Ath is the prime vibration, or life force, Daelion is what governs the manifestation of free will.
Brotherhood is that dark thread mortal men weave with Ath, the prime vibration, that creates self-punishment, or the root of guilt.
There was Bock, with head quizzically tilted, uttering a rumbling guttural vibration that seemed to proceed automatically from his interior.
For instance, besides the fixing of the eye on a bright object, catalepsy may be produced by a sudden sound, as of a Chinese gong, a tom-tom or a whistle, the vibration of a tuningfork, or thunder.
From here the vibrations pass through the channels of the cochlea and set into vibration the contents of the scala media and different portions of the basilar membrane.
He could hear Blood Axe knocking hell out of his huge Chinese gong and Dexie moving sounds and vibrations around.
A stray human engram focusses on it, flickers the impression of a midgelike vibration somewhere about.
I was present at one of their evocatory ceremonies, held to the strains of music which is indescribable, and which, once and for all, made me realise the truth of that science of vibrations which has been practised by all occultists from time immemorial.
The combination of the vibration of the motorcycle and the presence of Fayne sitting between her thighs made her giddy.
In this lame cage they were lowered into the excavation, a journey that took them through storage and maintenance areas, restricted sectors, down along porous shale and rock, past timber underpinnings and assemblies of masonry and steel that formed support for subtunnels and emergency access routes, the elevator suddenly dropping into open air, free of its shaft, cabling into the darkness of the inverted cycloid, air currents, oscillation, a bucketing descent through drainage showers and rubble-fall, the cage shaking so badly that Billy sought to convince himself there was a pattern to the vibrations and changes of speed, a hidden consistency, all gaps fillable, the organized drift of serial things passing to continuum.
The Fondaco itself was a post office now, drab, artless, without vibration.