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.
As you know, this sympathetic vibration of the like-pitched strings with the overtones is really not to be conceived as sympathy, but rather as lifeless mechanical necessity.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
This intensification of the sound is due to the vibration of the air in the mouth cavity, together with the sympathetic vibration of the surrounding walls.
From Resonance in Singing and Speaking by Fillebrown, Thomas
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
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