vibration

English

Etymology

From French vibration, from Latin vibrātiō (“a shaking or brandishing”), from vibrō (“shake, vibrate”); see vibrate.

Noun

vibration (plural vibrations)

1. The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated
2. (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position
3. A single complete vibrating motion
4. (slang) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere; vibes

Related terms

vibrant

vibrate

vibratiuncle

vibrato

vibrator

Translations

act of vibrating

• Finnish: värähtely (fi)
• French: daniel (fr), daniel (fr)
• German: Vibration f, Schwingung f

• Greek: δόνηση (el) (dónisi) f, κραδασμός (el) (kradasmós) m
• Portuguese: vibração (pt) f

periodic process

• Finnish: värähtely (fi)

• German: Vibration f, Schwingung f

single complete vibrating motion

• Finnish: värähdys
• Galician: vibración (gl) f
• German: Vibration f, Schwingung f

• Greek: δόνηση (el) (dónisi) f, κραδασμός (el) (kradasmós) m
• Latin: vibrātiō (la) f

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• Turkish: [titreshim] <- how it sounds

External links

• vibration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vibration in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911