Vibrator
[vaɪ'breɪtə] or [vaɪ'bretɚ]
Definition
(noun.) mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage.
(noun.) a mechanical device that vibrates; 'a reed is the vibrator that produces the sound'.
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Examples
- We found the addition of battery to the Stubb's wire vibrator greatly increased the volume of spark. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The vibrator shown in Fig. 1 and battery were placed on insulated stands; and a wire connected to X (tried both copper and iron) carried over to the stove about twenty feet distant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The point X of vibrator was now connected to the gas-pipe and still the sparks could be drawn from the stove. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But when we noticed it on this vibrator it seemed so strong that it struck us forcibly there might be something more than induction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We now found that if we touched any metallic part of the vibrator or magnet we got the spark. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The other side of the local circuit was permanently connected to an insulated block on the vibrator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A is a vibrator, B, C, D, E are sheets of tin-foil hung on insulating stands. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- B is connected to the vibrator and E to point in dark box, the other point to ground. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The larger the body of iron touched to the vibrator the larger the spark. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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