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vi⋅bra⋅tion

  [vahy-brey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of vibrating.
2. the state of being vibrated.
3. Physics.
a. the oscillating, reciprocating, or other periodic motion of a rigid or elastic body or medium forced from a position or state of equilibrium.
b. 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. a supernatural emanation, bearing good or ill, that is sensed by or revealed to those attuned to the occult.
6. Often, vibrations. Informal. a general emotional feeling one has from another person or a place, situation, etc.: I usually get good vibrations from him.
Origin:
1645–55; 1965–70 for def. 6; < L vibrātiōn- (s. of vibrātiō). See vibrate, -ion

Related forms:
vi⋅bra⋅tion⋅al, adjective
vi⋅bra⋅tion⋅less, adjective
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vi·bra·tion   (vī-brā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act of vibrating.
    2. The condition of being vibrated.
    3. A rapid linear motion of a particle or of an elastic solid about an equilibrium position.
    4. A periodic process.
  2. Physics
    1. A rapid linear motion of a particle or of an elastic solid about an equilibrium position.
    2. A periodic process.
  3. A single complete vibrating motion; a quiver.
  4. 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).
vi·bra'tion·al adj.
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Vibration

Vi*bra"tion\, n. [L. vibratio: cf. F. vibration.]

1. The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string.

As a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. --Longfellow.

2. (Physics) A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.

Note: Vibration and oscillation are both used, in mechanics, of the swinging, or rising and falling, motion of a suspended or balanced body; the latter term more appropriately, as signifying such motion produced by gravity, and of any degree of slowness, while the former applies especially to the quick, short motion to and fro which results from elasticity, or the action of molecular forces among the particles of a body when disturbed from their position of rest, as in a spring.

Amplitude of vibration, the maximum displacement of a vibrating particle or body from its position of rest.

Phase of vibration, any part of the path described by a particle or body in making a complete vibration, in distinction from other parts, as while moving from one extreme to the other, or on one side of the line of rest, in distinction from the opposite. Two particles are said to be in the same phase when they are moving in the same direction and with the same velocity, or in corresponding parts of their paths.
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Language Translation for : vibration
Spanish: vibración,
German: die Vibration,
Japanese: 振動
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vibration 
1656, from L. vibrationem (nom. vibratio), from vibratus (see vibrate). Meaning "intuitive signal about a person or thing" was popular late 1960s, but has been recorded as far back as 1899.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: vi·bra·tion
Pronunciation: vI-'brA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : a periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body ormedium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been disturbed (as when particles of air transmit sounds to the ear) b : the actionof vibrating : the state of being vibrated or in vibratory motion
2 : an instance of vibration —vi·brate /'vI-"brAt/ verb vi·brat·ed; vi·brat·ing
—vi·bra·tion·al /-shn&l, -sh&n-&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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vibration   (vī-brā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
A rapid oscillation of a particle, particles, or elastic solid or surface, back and forth across a central position.
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