vibrations
Britishplural noun
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instinctive feelings supposedly influencing human communication
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a characteristic atmosphere felt to be emanating from places or objects
Example Sentences
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For instance, vibrations moving through a crystal lattice can be described as quasiparticles known as phonons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
He said Nepal also needed a mobile air traffic control system and broadband seismometers to monitor ground vibrations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
They were unable to run along Princes Street due to concerns over the effect of vibrations on the stability of the building.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Because what truck buyers and muscle-car fans love more than anything, it turns out, is the rich, throaty roar of a V-8 and the vibrations it causes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Eventually the vibrations die down but not in so short a period as eight hundred years.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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