- vibration
- vibration ► NOUN 1) an instance or the state of vibrating. 2) (vibrations) informal an emotional state or atmosphere, as communicated to and felt by others.DERIVATIVES vibrational adjective.
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Vibration — Vibration … Deutsch Wörterbuch
vibration — [ vibrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1632 phys.; 1510 « lancement d une arme de jet »; lat. vibratio 1 ♦ (fin XVIIe) Cour. Mouvement, état de ce qui vibre; effet qui en résulte (son et ébranlement). ⇒ battement. Vibration de moteur, de machines. « il se fit une … Encyclopédie Universelle
vibration — is the variation with time of the displacement of a body with respect to a specified reference dimension when the displacement is alternately greater and smaller than the reference. forced vibration free vibration periodic vibration random… … Mechanics glossary
Vibration — Vi*bra tion, n. [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. [1913 Webster] As a harper lays his open… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vibration — (v. lat.), 1) zitternde, durch schnell auf einander folgende Oscillationen bedingte Bewegung; 2) so v. w. Oscillation 1); 3) so v. w. Schwingung 3). Vibrationsintensität, Vibrationstheorie, s.u. Licht S. 344 u. Wellenbewegung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Vibration — (lat.), Schwingung (s. d.). Vibrationstheorie, s. Licht, S. 511 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Vibration — (lat.), Schwingung (s.d.); Vibrationsmikroskop, Instrument zur Beobachtung der Schwingungsformen an Körpern; Vibrationstheorie, s.v.w. Undulationstheorie (s. Licht); vibratōrisch, in Schwingungen bestehend; vibrieren, Schwingungen machen; zittern … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
vibration — фр. [вибрасьо/н], нем. [вибрацио/н], англ. [вайбрэ/йшн] vibrazione ит. [вибрацио/нэ] вибрация … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
vibration — (n.) 1650s, from L. vibrationem (nom. vibratio), from vibratus (see VIBRATE (Cf. vibrate)). Meaning intuitive signal about a person or thing was popular late 1960s, but has been recorded as far back as 1899 … Etymology dictionary
vibration — [n] shaking, quivering beating, fluctuation, judder, oscillation, pulsation, pulse, quake, quiver, resonance, reverberation, shake, shimmy, throb, throbbing, trembling, tremor, vacillation, wave, wavering; concepts 152,748 Ant. stillness … New thesaurus
vibration — VIBRATION. s. f. Terme dogmatique. Mouvement d un poids suspendu, qui estant en branle descrit une portion de cercle. Les vibrations d une pendule sont plus ou moins frequentes, selon que la ligne, ou la verge à laquelle le poids est attaché, est … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
