vibrations

/ (vaɪˈbreɪʃənz) /


pl nslang
  1. instinctive feelings supposedly influencing human communication

  2. a characteristic atmosphere felt to be emanating from places or objects

  • Often shortened to: vibes

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How to use vibrations in a sentence

  • These sections also have vibrations of their own which are of shorter length and more rapid motion.

    Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge Southwick
  • It will be remembered that pitch depends upon the rapidity of the sound waves or vibrations.

    Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge Southwick
  • The foreman's immense voice, explaining machines and tools, caused physical vibrations in her.

    Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
  • As there is no air surrounding the bell there is nothing to convey its vibrations to the ear.

  • In the early Edison phonograph the sound vibrations were registered on a tinfoil-covered cylinder.