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) German: Vibration f., Schwingung f.

Greek: δόνηση (el) f., κραδασμός (el) 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) f., κραδασμός (el) m. Latin: vibrātiō (la) f.

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External links

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