Vibration

Quick meaning: Vibration is a noun meaning The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.

Meaning

The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.

More Meanings

1. (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
2. A single complete vibrating motion.
3. (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
4. (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.

Example Sentences

I'm pickin' up good vibrations / She's giving me the excitations.

The moon, which had been slowly ascending, now shone through an open space between the trees; and the rippling waters of the brook gave back her light in luminous vibrations.

The procession circled the district, symbolically purging the area of its “evil,” which paraders described as the “bad vibrations” from tourists and youths in Hippie clothes not living up to Hippie standards.

"And the sitters?" "I expect Professor Challenger may wish to bring a friend or two of his own." "They will form a horrible block of vibrations! We must have some of our own sympathetic people to counteract it."

Word Forms

• vibrations

Synonyms for vibration

Depending on context, synonyms include vibe, tremor, quiver, quivering, oscillation, palpitation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oscillation, shaking, shakiness, tremor, quivering, quiver.

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