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vibrator
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vibrator \Vi"bra*tor\, n. One that vibrates, or causes vibration or oscillation of any kind; specif.
(Elec.) (1) A trembler, as of an electric bell. (2) A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system. (3) A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper. (4) An oscillator.
An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion. (a) (Music) A vibrating reed, esp. in a reed organ. (d) (Weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens. (e) An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a molding machine to shake the pattern loose. (f) a small electrical device held in the hand, with a motor that causes the device and hand to vibrate, and is used for vibratory massage.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1862, "that which vibrates," originally a part in a musical instrument, agent noun in Latin form from vibrate (v.). Attested from 1888 in reference to various appliances; specific sense of "small electrical device for sexual stimulation" is recorded from 1953.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A device that vibrates or causes vibration. 2 # A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation. 3 # A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery operated (automotive) valve radios. 4 # A trembler, as of an electric bell. 5 # A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system. 6 # A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper. 7 # An oscillator. 8 # An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion. 9 # A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ. 10 # (cx weaving English) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens. 11 # An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
WordNet
n. a mechanical device that vibrates; "a reed is the vibrator that produces the sound"
mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage
Wikipedia
Vibrator may refer to:
- Vibrator (sex toy), a device for massage or sexual pleasure.
- Vibrator (mechanical), a class of devices which create mechanical vibrations for uses such as signaling annunciators, doorbells, or industrial uses such as compacting gravel, transporting materials, cleaning, etc.
- Vibrator (electronic), an electronic component in DC power supplies for generating high voltage made obsolete late 1960s
- Vibroseis, a mobile energy source used in seismic exploration
- Vibrator (music), a musical instrument
- Vibrating alert, used in mobile phones and pagers
- The Vibrators, a British punk band
- Vibrator (album), a 1995 album by Terence Trent D'Arby
- Vibrator (film), a 2003 film
- "Vibrator" is a song on Motörhead's self-titled album
- "Vibrator" is a song by Electric Six, on their second album Senor Smoke
Terence Trent D'Arby's Vibrator* (*Batteries Included) is the fourth album by Terence Trent D'Arby, released in 1995 on Columbia Records. It features the hit single "Holding On to You", which peaked at #20 in the UK Singles Chart.
A vibrator is a sex toy that is used on the body to produce pleasurable erotic stimulation. Most 2010-era vibrators contain an electric-powered device which pulsates or throbs, which is used to stimulate erogenous zones such as the clitoris, rest of the vulva or vagina, penis, scrotum or anus. There are many different shapes and models of vibrators. Some vibrators designed for women stimulate both the clitoris and the vagina. Some vibrators designed for couples stimulate the genitals of both partners.
A vibration is a mechanism of any mechanical device which provide to-and-fro motion in any direction. A vibrator is a mechanical device to generate vibrations. The vibration is often generated by an electric motor with an unbalanced mass on its driveshaft.
There are many different types of vibrator. Some are components of larger products such as cellphones, pagers, and vibrator sex toys.
The vibrator pedal is an effects pedal present on some musical instruments, which is similar to a vibrato, chorus, or autopan, it combines a modulation sequence with a noise gate or envelope filter to create an effect not unlike a helicopter, with rapid cutting out and coming in—on and off. Most have variable speeds and depths, creating different sounds.
Category:Electronic musical instruments Category:Audio effects Category:Effects units Category:Audio engineering Category:Sound recording
is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki.
In electronics before the development of switch-mode power supplies and the introduction of semiconductor devices operating off low voltage, there was a requirement to generate voltages of about 50 to 250V DC from vehicle batteries. Electromechanical components known as vibrators were used in a circuit similar to modern solid state inverter circuits to provide a pulsating DC which could be converted to a higher voltage with a transformer, rectified, and filtered to create higher-voltage DC. This "vibrator" is essentially a relay using normally closed contacts to supply power to the relay coil, thus immediately breaking the connection, only to be reconnected very quickly through the normally closed contacts. It happens so rapidly it vibrates, and sounds like a buzzer. This same rapidly pulsing contact applies the rising and falling DC voltage to the transformer which can step it up to a higher voltage.
The primary use for this type of circuit was to operate vacuum tube radios in vehicles, but it also saw use with other mobile electronic devices with a 6 or 12V accumulator, especially in places with no mains electricity supply such as farms. These vibrator power supplies became popular in the 1940s, replacing more bulky motor-generator systems for the generation of AC voltages for such applications. Vacuum tubes require plate voltages ranging from about 45 volts to 250 volts in electronic devices such as radios. For portable radios, hearing aids and similar equipment, B batteries were manufactured with various voltage ratings. In order to provide the necessary voltage for a radio from the typical 6 or 12 volt DC supply available in a car or from a farm lighting battery, it was necessary to convert the steady DC supply to a pulsating DC and use a transformer to increase the voltage.
Vibrators often experienced mechanical malfunctions, being constantly in motion, such as the springs losing tension, and the contact points wearing down. As tubes began to be replaced by transistor based electrical systems, the need to generate such high voltages began to diminish. Mechanical vibrators fell out of production near the end of the 20th century, but solid-state electronic vibrators are still manufactured to be backwards compatible with older units.
Usage examples of "vibrator".
The item for sale there was an all-purpose vibrator, oval in shape, featuring a metal fitting for an electric drill on the end, in which a variety of tools could be inserted: back scratcher, toothbrush, facial sponge, wire brush, shoulder massager, small hammer .
Moorish town houses, restaurants that look like car washes, car washes, shopping centers, a fish market, a skimobile shop, an automotive accessory shop, liquor stores, a delicatessen in three clashing colors, a motel with an in-room steam bath, a motel with a relaxing vibrator bed, a car dealer, an indoor skating rink attractively done in brick and corrugated plastic, a trailer park, another motel composed of individual cabins, an automobile dealership attractively done in glass and corrugated plastic, an enormous steak house with life-sized plastic cows grazing out front in the shadow of a six-story neon cactus, a seat cover store, a discount clothing warehouse, an Italian restaurant with a leaning tower attached to it.
If anything, this practice is viewed as a sensuous form of autoeroticism in which the vibrator is but a benign mechanism of pleasure.
During oral or manual stimulation, put your vibrator on a low speed and press it against his shaft, frenulum, and head.
A supposed difference is that the vibrator has been specifically designed for sexual purposes, whereas the shoe is a nonsexual object that has been imbued with erotic qualities by the fetishist.
It did Walthers no good to point out that these requirements were mutually contradictory, so it was no surprise to him that when the truck-mounted vibrators did their thing the petrological data were no use at all.
She discovered devices such as butt plugs, vibrators, cock rings, bullets, eggs, nipple clamps, and pocket rockets.
They housed a variety of paraphernalia, including vibrators, massage oils, condoms, and sexy garments.
Selina swears to God that she just managed the counter, peddling ticklers and crotch-less pants and plastic ladies a vibrator saleswoman and dildo-wrapper, no more.
Between the humming of the vibrator, the sound of the bedsprings, and my breathing, I barely noticed all of the noises this old house made at night.
After catching my breath, I found a hiding place for the vibrator inside the bed’s boxspring, next to where I’d stashed the bag of pot Billy got for me.
I reached under my bed, inside the boxspring where I hid things, and pulled out the little vibrator I’d bought earlier that week.
Between her thighs, the clitoral vibrator buzzed for a few seconds before it cut off, adding to her erotic torment.
The sign on the roof advertised ADULT MOVIES and EROTIC MASSAGE, the former exemplified by a peep-show channel on the TV, the latter by a vibrator gizmo attached to the bed.
Showered and scented in a new grey satin dressing-gown, having assembled some exciting sex toys, including a three-fingered vibrator bought in Paris on the way home, and several phials of amyl nitrite, Rannaldini waited for Flora.