vibratile

American  

[vahy-bruh-til, -tahyl] / ˈvaɪ brə tɪl, -ˌtaɪl /

adjective

1. capable of vibrating or of being vibrated.

2. having a vibratory motion.

3. of, relating to, or of the nature of vibration.

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Other Word Forms

• nonvibratile adjective
• vibratility noun

Etymology

Origin of vibratile

First recorded in 1820–30; vibrate + -ile

Example Sentences

At each end of the oval there is a groove lined by specially long vibratile cilia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Larva of Ophiuran; e'-eiv arms, r' riv solid rods, v v' vibratile chord, w w' water system, b madreporic body, a d digestive system.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander

The membrane is longitudinally striped and covered with long and vibratile cilia.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

They are flat rounded-oblong creatures, with a distinct integument or skin, "through which numerous vibratile cilia pass in regular rows."

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

Other lowly plants propel themselves by means of a pair of filamentary protoplasmic threads, which vibrate actively, and are therefore called vibratile cilia.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various