sympathetic vibration
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sympathetic vibration
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Her voice rose slightly until it shook and sent a sympathetic vibration over the window vines.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017
When a human being talks or sings, the air within the mouth cavity is thrown into sympathetic vibration and strengthens the otherwise feeble tone of the speaker.
From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.
To spend a few days on board a yacht with the same companions is a very good test of the value of sympathetic vibration in human associations.
From The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance by Corelli, Marie
The lines telling of the great bell stirred by the note of a flute played at the proper pitch suggest the moving power that lies in sympathetic vibration.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.
Several wires were then made of different thickness, and each was found to have a sympathetic vibration to a light of a certain color.
From Zarlah the Martian by Grisewood, R. Norman (Robert Norman)
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