Vibrate
[vaɪ'breɪt] or ['vaɪbret]
Definition
(verb.) shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Vibrate
(v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
(v. t.) To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
(v. t.) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
(v. i.) To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.
(v. i.) To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
(v. i.) To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
(v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Oscillate, swing, move to and fro, move backward and forward.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Oscillate, swing, undulate, shake, quiver, wave
ANT:Be_at_rest,[See PLEASURE]
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Definition
v.i. to shake: to tremble: to move backwards and forwards: to swing: to pass from one state to another.—v.t. to cause to shake: to move to and fro: to measure by moving to and fro: to affect with vibratory motion.—adjs. Vī′brant vibrating: sonorous; Vī′bratile having a vibratory motion: (zool.) adapted to or used in vibratory motion.—ns. Vībratil′ity; Vībrā′tion a vibrating: state of being vibrated: tremulousness quivering motion.—adj. Vībrā′tional.—n. Vībrā′tiuncle a small vibration.—adjs. Vī′brātive Vī′brātory vibrating: consisting in vibrations: causing vibrations.—ns. Vī′brātor (elect.) a vibrating reed used to open and close the electric current: (print.) a vibrating reed used for distributing the ink; Vi′broscope an instrument for registering vibrations.
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Examples
- The explanation of this is, that a string may vibrate in a number of different ways. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Yes, Caroline; you hear the wire of the bell vibrate; it rings again for the fifth time this afternoon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then 800 pulses of air will reach the ear each second, and the ear drum, being flexible, will respond and will vibrate at the same rate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the brass wind instruments such as horn, trombone, and trumpet, the lips of the player vibrate and excite the air within. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If the string is made to vibrate in two parts, it gives forth two notes, the fundamental, and a note one octave higher than the fundamental; this is called the first overtone. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Another struck, before the voice of the previous hour had ceased to vibrate. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Only one half of the string is bowed, but both halves vibrate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This was a great advance, as a more accurate division of time was had by improving the isochronous properties of the vibrating escapement. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A typical form of his transmitter, see Fig. 55, was a box covered with a vibrating membrane E, and provided with a mouth-piece at one side. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Gentlemen, was uttered in Miss Keeldar's silvery but vibrating tones, spare my locks, if you please. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the so-called wind instruments, sound is produced by vibrating columns of air inclosed in tubes or pipes of different lengths. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To test this we disconnected the wire between the frog and battery, and placed, instead of a vibrating sounder, a simple Morse key and a sounder taking the 'etheric' from armature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then, in 1807, Salonen introduced vibrating knifes over stationary blades, fingers to gather grain to the cutters, and a rake to carry the grain off to one side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This pad was carried on the end of a vibrating arm whose lateral movement was limited between two adjustable points. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The needle, in passing rapidly in contact with the recorded waves, was vibrated up and down, causing corresponding vibrations of the diaphragm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some fell dead, many wounded, and the yells of the discomfited assailants vibrated under the vaulted roof of the tunnel, as they retired in disorder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As he spoke, a woman's shrill scream--a scream which vibrated with a frenzy of horror--burst from the thick, green clump of bushes in front of us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Milverton laughed, but fear vibrated in his voice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The man's body, strung to its efforts, vibrated strongly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a feeling which he had seen before in his mother; but no chord within vibrated to it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Then came the hours of suspense, during which she vibrated from parlor to porch, while public opinion varied like the weathercock. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If the string vibrates as a whole merely, the tone given out is simple, and seems dull and characterless. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If, on the other hand, it vibrates in such a way that overtones are present, the tone given forth is full and rich and the sensation is pleasing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If a light cork ball on the end of a thread is brought in contact with a sounding fork, the ball does not remain at rest, but vibrates back and forth, being driven by the moving prongs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Size and shape determine to a large degree the period of a body; for example, a short, thick tuning fork vibrates more rapidly than a tall slender fork. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When a string vibrates as a whole, it gives out the fundamental note. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The end of the pole piece _c_ extends to within 1/100 to 2/100 of an inch of the diaphragm, or as near as possible so that the diaphragm does not touch it when it vibrates. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When a string is plucked in the middle without being held, it vibrates simply as a whole (Fig. 184), and gives forth but one note; this is called the fundamental. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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