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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vibration/vʌɪˈbreɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 an instance of vibrating.
■ Physics an oscillation of the parts of a fluid or an elastic solid whose equilibrium has been disturbed or of an electromagnetic wave.
- 2 (vibrations) informal a person's emotional state, the atmosphere of a place, or the associations of an object, as communicated to and felt by others.
– derivatives
vibrational adjective.
vibrational adjective.
'vibration' also found in these Oxford entries:
absolute pitch
- amplitude
- aperiodic
- damp
- damper
- damping
- dashpot
- frequency
- harmonic
- jar
- lateral line
- mode
- mute
- node
- octave
- phonon
- pulse
- Raynaud's disease
- resonance
- resonant
- shimmy
- sonicate
- standing wave
- string
- trill
- unvoiced
- vibrator
- wind instrument
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