vibration

See also: Vibration

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French vibration, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vibrātiō (“a shaking or brandishing”), from vibrō (“shake, vibrate”); see vibrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

vibration (countable and uncountable, 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

• Arabic: اهتزاز (ihtizāz)
• Catalan: vibració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 振動／振动 (zh) (zhèndòng), 振动 (zh) (zhèndòng), 振盪／振荡 (zh) (zhèndàng), 振荡 (zh) (zhèndàng)

• Danish: vibration (da) c
• Estonian: vibratsioon
• Finnish: värähteleminen (fi)
• French: vibration (fr) f
• German: Vibration (de) f, Schwingung (de) f
• Greek: δόνηση (el) f (dónisi), κραδασμός (el) m (kradasmós)
• Icelandic: titringur (is) m
• Italian: vibrazione (it) f
• Japanese: 振動 (ja) (しんどう, shindō)
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• Korean: 진동 (ko) (振動, jindong)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vibrasjon m, vibrering m or f

  Nynorsk: vibrasjon m, vibrering f

• Portuguese: vibração (pt) f
• Romanian: vibrare (ro) f
• Russian: вибра́ция (ru) f (vibrácija)
• Spanish: vibración (es) f
• Swedish: vibration (sv) c
• Tagalog: kinig, panginginig
• Thai: การสั่นสะเทือน (kaan-sàn-sà-tuan)
• Vietnamese: rung động (vi)

periodic process

• Danish: vibration (da) c
• Finnish: värähtely (fi)
• German: Vibration (de) f, Schwingung (de) f
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• Romanian: vibrare (ro) f
• Tagalog: kinig

single complete vibrating motion

• Danish: vibration (da) c
• Finnish: värähdys (fi)
• Galician: vibración (gl) f
• German: Vibration (de) f, Schwingung (de) f
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• Greek: δόνηση (el) f (dónisi), κραδασμός (el) m (kradasmós)
• Latin: vibrātiō f
• Tagalog: kinig

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Translations to be checked

• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} titreşim (tr)
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Further reading

• “vibration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vibration”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.bʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

vibration f (plural vibrations)

1. vibration

Related terms

• vibrer

Further reading

• “vibration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.