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
Whatever hinders the free vibration of tones makes displeasing impressions of the speaker.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
Their function has occasioned much speculation, but whatever modification of tone they may be supposed to produce, they no doubt protect the true vocal bands and permit their free vibration.
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
Any tension there interferes with the free vibration which is essential for strong and resonant tone.
From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker
To direct consciousness to the vocal cords is to cramp them and prevent that free vibration and that perfect relaxation of the throat without which pure tone and true pitch are impossible.
From Resonance in Singing and Speaking by Thomas Fillebrown
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