sympathetic vibration

noun

, Physics.

1. a vibration induced by resonance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sympathetic vibration¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The presence of these overtones may often be detected by the sympathetic vibration of other wires near-by.

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Vibrations in the air too feeble to affect the ear are intensified by sympathetic vibration until they can be heard.

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Mention two examples of resonance or sympathetic vibration from your own experience out of school.

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The clock measured the silence with its measured ticking; it chimed abruptly and the vase sent up its usual sympathetic vibration.

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This result is said to be due to sympathetic vibration, and is an example of resonance (Fig. 326).

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