vibration
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[edit] Etymology
< French vibration < Latin vibrātiō (“‘a shaking or brandishing’”) < vibrō (“‘shake, vibrate’”); see vibrate.
[edit] Noun
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vibration (plural vibrations)
- The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated
- (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position
- A single complete vibrating motion
- (slang) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere; vibes
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act of vibrating
periodic process
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single complete vibrating motion
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[edit] External links
- vibration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vibration in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911