ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fibrillating

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Fibrillating is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of fibrillate.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of fibrillate.

More Meanings

  1. Splitting into fibrils or fibres.
  2. Of a muscle, especially in the heart: undergoing fibrillation; quivering.

Example Sentences

A publicity plane flew along the Croisette, its pennant fluttering like the trace of a fibrillating heart, unnoticed by the sunbathers stretched in their loungers in the hotel concessions.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fibrilled, fibrillised, fibrilliferous, fibrilliary, multifibrillar, fibrillatory.

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