different between vibration vs flapping

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

Related terms

Translations

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): /?flæp??/
• Rhymes: -æp??

Adjective

flapping (not comparable)

1. that flaps or flap

Noun

flapping (countable and uncountable, plural flappings)

1. An instance where one flaps.
2. (phonology) A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /?/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically.
3. (computing, telecommunications) The situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession.

Verb

flapping

1. present participle of flap

See also

• flapping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia