different between vibration vs beating

English

Etymology

From French vibration, from Latin vibr?ti? (“a shaking or brandishing”), from vibr? (“shake, vibrate”); see vibrate.Morphologically vibrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /va??b?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

vibration (countable and uncountable, plural vibrations)

1. The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
2. (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
3. A single complete vibrating motion.
4. (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
5. (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.

   Synonym: vibes

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Further reading

• vibration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vibration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin vibr?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.b?a.sj??/

Noun

vibration f (plural vibrations)

1. vibration

Related terms

• vibrer

Further reading

• “vibration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?t??/
• Rhymes: -i?t??

Noun

beating (plural beatings)

1. The action by which someone or something is beaten.

   the beating of a drum

   secret beatings of prisoners

2. A heavy defeat or setback.
3. The pulsation of the heart.

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Verb

beating

1. Present participle and gerund of beat.

Anagrams

• betaing