vibration
the act of vibrating, or an instance of vibratory motion; oscillation; quiver; tremor.
the state of being vibrated.
Physics.
the oscillating, reciprocating, or other periodic motion of a rigid or elastic body or medium forced from a position or state of equilibrium.
the analogous motion of the particles of a mass of air or the like, whose state of equilibrium has been disturbed, as in transmitting sound.
a supernatural emanation, bearing good or ill, that is sensed by or revealed to those attuned to the occult.
Often vibrations .Informal. vibe (defs. 1, 2).
Origin of vibration
1Other words from vibration
- vi·bra·tion·al, adjective
- vi·bra·tion·less, adjective
- non·vi·bra·tion, noun
- re·vi·bra·tion, noun
- un·vi·bra·tion·al, adjective
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How to use vibration in a sentence
These fish can feel vibration, and they can see you, so once you spot them, walk with super-soft feet.
Don’t have a boat? Try bowfishing. | By Natalie Krebs/Outdoor Life | November 3, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThis wavelength of light is generated by the vibrations of sunlight-heated water molecules, but not other compounds containing hydroxyl, which consists of an oxygen atom bound to a hydrogen atom.
Water exists on sunny parts of the moon, scientists confirm | Maria Temming | October 26, 2020 | Science NewsThe vest captures sound and turns the sound into patterns of vibration.
Your Brain Makes You a Different Person Every Day - Issue 91: The Amazing Brain | Steve Paulson | October 14, 2020 | NautilusOne way that superconductors work is when the electrons flowing through them are “coupled” to phonons—vibrations in the lattice of atoms the material is made out of.
Room-temperature superconductivity has been achieved for the first time | Niall Firth | October 14, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSound waves, which consist of the vibrations of atoms or molecules, travel through a material as one particle jostles another.
Fundamental constants place a new speed limit on sound | Emily Conover | October 9, 2020 | Science News
Matter is energy, remember, and you can create vibrational momentum by ridding yourself of aptly named stuff.
From below came a vibrational rushing noise, nearly subsonic, which told him of the fueling operation.
Tight Squeeze | Dean Charles IngAll the rest beneath man are vibrational imitations or images of that expression.
Manual of the Enumeration | C. J. CoffmanIt picks up the ether and sends it through a set degree of vibrational activity.
The Blind Spot | Austin HallIt is a curious property of this vibrational system of invisibility that the index of refraction is made very low.
The Black Star Passes | John W CampbellThe vibrational mode of stimulation to be presently described labours under no such disadvantage.
Response in the Living and Non-Living | Jagadis Chunder Bose
British Dictionary definitions for vibration
/ (vaɪˈbreɪʃən) /
the act or an instance of vibrating
physics
a periodic motion about an equilibrium position, such as the regular displacement of air in the propagation of sound
a single cycle of such a motion
the process or state of vibrating or being vibrated
Derived forms of vibration
- vibrational, adjective
- vibrationless, adjective
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Scientific definitions for vibration
[ vī-brā′shən ]
A rapid oscillation of a particle, particles, or elastic solid or surface, back and forth across a central position.
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