vibration
noun
- the action of vibrating; specif.,
- movement back and forth, as of a pendulum; oscillation
- rapid rhythmic movement back and forth; quiver
- vacillation or wavering, as between two choices or opinions
- ☆ emotional qualities or supernatural emanations that are sensed or felt by another person or thing
- Physics
- periodic, to-and-fro motion or oscillation of an object, as an elastic body or the particles of a fluid, when it is displaced from the rest position or position of equilibrium, as in transmitting sound
- a single, complete oscillation
See vibration in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(vī-brāˈshən)
nouna. The act of vibrating.
b. The condition of being vibrated.
- Physics
a. A rapid linear motion of a particle or of an elastic solid about an equilibrium position.
b. A periodic process.
- A single complete vibrating motion; a quiver.
- Slang A distinctive emotional aura or atmosphere regarded as being instinctively sensed or experienced. Often used in the plural: “Miami gives off the same vibrations, the same portent of disaster, but with a difference” (James Atlas).
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