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Webster 1913 Edition
Vibration
Vi-bra′tion
,Noun.
[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
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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vibration
VIBRA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of brandishing; the act of moving or state of being moved one way and the other in quick succession.2.
In mechanics, a regular reciprocal motion of a body suspended; a motion consisting of continual reciprocations or returns; as of the pendulum of a chronometer. This is frequently called oscillation. The number of vibrations in a given time depends on the length of the vibrating body; a pendulum three feet long, makes only ten vibrations while one of nine inches makes twenty. The vibrations of a pendulum are somewhat slower at or near the equator than in remote latitudes. The vibrations of a pendulum are isochronal in the same climate.3.
In physics, alternate or reciprocal motion; as the vibrations of the nervous fluid, by which sensation has been supposed to be produced, by impressions of external objects propagated thus to the brain.4.
In music, the motion of a chord, or the undulation of any body, by which sound is produced. The acuteness, elevation and gravity of sound, depend on the length of the chord and its tension.Definition 2024
Vibration
Vibration
See also: vibration
German
Noun
Vibration f (genitive Vibration, plural Vibrationen)
- vibration
- Die Vibration der Waschmaschine brachte den Nachbarn um den Verstand.
- The vibration of the washing mashine made the neighbour crazy.
- Die Vibrationen ihres Massagestabes versetzten die Frau in Verzückung.
- The vibrations of her massage stick braught the woman in exaltation.
- Die Vibration der Waschmaschine brachte den Nachbarn um den Verstand.
Usage notes
in ~ versetzen
Derived terms
- Vibrationsalarm, Vibrationsarmut, vibrationsarm, vibrationsfrei, Vibrationswahrnehmung
References
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English
Noun
vibration (plural vibrations)
- The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
- (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
- A single complete vibrating motion.
- (slang) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere; vibes.
Related terms
Translations
act of vibrating
periodic process
single complete vibrating motion
External links
- vibration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vibration in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911