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vibration
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)
- The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
- (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
- A single complete vibrating motion.
- (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
- (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.
- Synonym: vibes
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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)
- vibration
Related terms
- vibrer
Further reading
- “vibration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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vibrate
English
Etymology
From Latin vibr?tus, perfect passive participle of vibr? (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /va??b?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?va?.b?e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)
- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
- to vibrate a sword or a staff
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- a pendulum vibrating seconds
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
- 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech
- (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
- 1961, Congressional Record
- […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
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Translations
Noun
vibrate (uncountable)
- The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
- Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Translations
Further reading
- vibrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vibrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- vrbaite
Italian
Verb
vibrate
- second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
- second-person plural imperative of vibrare
- feminine plural of vibrato
Anagrams
- brevità, trabevi
Latin
Verb
vibr?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of vibr?
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