different between vibratiuncle vs vibrate

English

Alternative forms

• vibratiuncula
• vibratiuncule

Etymology

From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibr?tio (“vibration”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: v?br?sh?.?ng?kl, IPA^(key): /va?b?e??????kl/

Noun

vibratiuncle (plural vibratiuncles)

1. (now chiefly historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind). [from 18th c.]
   • 1749, David Hartley, Observations on Man, I.i:

     Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures.

   • 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University 2004, p. 57:

     Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.

Derived terms

• vibratiunculation

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)

1. (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
2. (intransitive) To resonate.

   Her mind was vibrating with excitement.

3. (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.

   to vibrate a sword or a staff

4. (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.

   a pendulum vibrating seconds

5. (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.
6. (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.

7. (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

vibrate (uncountable)

1. 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

1. second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
2. second-person plural imperative of vibrare
3. feminine plural of vibrato

Anagrams

• brevità, trabevi

Latin

Verb

vibr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vibr?