free vibration
Britishnoun
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The holder is cupped on one side to receive a ball as shown, and has a countersink on the other to permit a free vibration of the needle.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Any tension there interferes with the free vibration which is essential for strong and resonant tone.
From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker
Perhaps another reason may be named in the wood being so ripe and dry as to permit free vibration.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce
The integrity of these true cords, and their free vibration, are essential to the formation of the tones and the modulation of the natural voice.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
Tones sung in the thick or chest-register are produced by the full, free vibration of the vocal bands in their entire length, breadth and thickness.
From The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs by Francis E. Howard
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