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vibration

vibration

92 3.2
A quick movement back and forth that makes something shake
  • noun
  • /vaɪˈbreɪʃən/
: vibración
  • I was out by Ash Creek, and I felt some vibrations, that's all.
  • noise and vibration
  • shock and vibration
  • sound and vibration

So I feel the vibration in my skeleton and.

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Examples

  • No distortion, no vibrations, just smooth clean bass.

  • There's a lot of vibration.

  • It's just a little vibration right here.

  • You know, very low level of vibration and we can change it.

  • It's a much lower level of vibration now, right here.

  • DOCTOR: Tell me if you feel a vibration.

  • So all you're hearing is the vibrations of the music and nothing else.

  • They sense the slightest vibration through the ground.

  • The speakers were crackling with sound, and N. could feel the vibrations against her thighs.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • When the machine operates, it produces a constant vibration that can be felt throughout the room.

Synonyms

tremor
vsvibration
39 5.3

A shaking movement of the body or voice you cannot control

is general rapid repeated motion rather than an involuntary medical or emotional symptom
shaking
vsvibration
30 1.8

A quick repeated movement back and forth or up and down that makes things tremble

is specifically rapid repeated motion not the act of causing movement
oscillation
vsvibration
  • Specialized
7 7.2

A repeated movement between two positions, often in a regular rhythm

is faster and refers to rapid repeated motion rather than general regular cycles

Antonyms

106 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

35 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

Compounds

sympathetic vibration
  • Specialized
1 7.4

Movement in one object caused by another object moving at the same rate

How Strong

shudder
19 4.1
vibration
92 3.2
tremor
39 5.3

Surface Forms

vibration singular
vibrations plural

Morphology

vibration = vibrate (transparent) = vibrate + ion

A straightforward nominalization: the noun denotes the action or state expressed by the verb 'vibrate' formed with the productive suffix '-ion'.

Etymology

Vibration comes from the Latin verb vibrare, which means 'to shake'. So a vibration is a quick back-and-forth shake, like a guitar string or a phone in your pocket.