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vibrational

American  
[vahy-bray-shuhn-uhl] / vaɪˈbreɪ ʃən əl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to vibration.

  2. Physics. relating to particular types of vibration or oscillation of atoms within a molecule.


Other Word Forms

  • vibrationally adverb

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The new approach allows scientists to simulate the vibrational spectra of complex and disordered materials at realistic temperatures with near-ab initio accuracy while significantly reducing computational cost.

From Science Daily

This change, known as lattice nitrogen reactivity, influences the way molecules vibrate, known as their vibrational properties.

From Science Daily

"However, any vibrational impact caused by explosions poses a serious threat to the integrity of the structure," the ministry said in a statement.

From BBC

For example, when you think about a pot of boiling water, you don't really know about the vibrational motion of each individual water molecule.

From Science Daily

The researchers wondered, then, whether the toe taps were a form of vibrational signaling where the frogs used it as a way to startle or distract the prey before they fed.

From Science Daily