vibration

UK: /vaɪˈbreɪʃ^ən/ US: /vɪˈbreɪʃən/ ,(vī brā′shən)

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vi•bra•tion /vɪˈbreɪʃən/   n. 

1. [uncountable] an act of vibrating;
   the state of being vibrated
2. [countable] an instance of motion like vibrating.
3. Often, vibrations. [plural] [Informal.] a general emotional feeling one gets from a person, situation, or place.

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vi•bra•tion  (vī brā′shən), n. 

1. the act of vibrating.
2. the state of being vibrated.
3. Physics
   • the oscillating, reciprocating, or other periodic motion of a rigid or elastic body or medium forced from a position or state of equilibrium.
   • the analogous motion of the particles of a mass of air or the like, whose state of equilibrium has been disturbed, as in transmitting sound.
4. an instance of vibratory motion;
   oscillation;
   quiver;
   tremor.
5. Mythology a supernatural emanation, bearing good or ill, that is sensed by or revealed to those attuned to the occult.
6. Informal Terms Often, vibrations. a general emotional feeling one has from another person or a place, situation, etc.:
   I usually get good vibrations from him.

• Latin vibrātiōn- (stem of vibrātiō). See vibrate, -ion
• 1645–55; 1965–70 for def. 6;

vi•bra′tion•al, adj. 
vi•bra′tion•less, adj. 

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vibration / vaɪˈbreɪʃən/ noun

1. the act or an instance of vibrating
2. a periodic motion about an equilibrium position, such as the regular displacement of air in the propagation of sound
3. a single cycle of such a motion
4. the process or state of vibrating or being vibrated

viˈbrational adjective