Vibratiuncula

Quick meaning: Vibratiuncula is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of vibratiuncle.

Meaning

Alternative spelling of vibratiuncle.

Example Sentences

1750: Elizabeth Carter, [letter from] Mrs. Carter to Miss Talbot (Deal, Dec. 1, 1750); printed in:

There is another illustration, which at least confers more dignity on the subject, than any tale of vibrations and vibratiunculæ can do.

For, if intelligence and design be nothing but a certain modification of the vibratiunculæ or undulations of any kind, what is supreme intelligence, but a more extensive, and (perhaps they will call it) refined undulation, pervading or mixing with all others?

This “peculiar system” centered in the doctrine of “miniature vibrations” or vibratiunculae: “sensory vibrations” in the body cause a tendency to “diminutive vibrations” in the brain, […] From this vantage point in Schelling’s idealism, Coleridge could look down upon his early empiricist masters, such as Hartley with his vibratiunculae.

Word Forms

• vibratiunculae
• vibratiunculas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vibratiuncule, vibe, vibrator, vellication, chatter, vibrissa.

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