vibration
noun
[ vʌɪˈbreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• an instance of vibrating.
• "powerful vibrations from an earthquake"
Similar:
quiver,
quivering,
shake,
shaking,
shaking movement,
quaver,
quavering,
quake,
quaking,
tremble,
trembling,
tremor,
judder,
shiver,
shivering,
shudder,
shuddering,
oscillation,
vacillation,
reverberation,
resonance,
throbbing,
throb,
vibrating,
pulsation,
pulsing,
rumbling,
rumble,
beating,
beat,
drumming,
drum,
thumping,
thump,
thrumming,
thrum,
pounding,
pound,
palpitating,
palpitation,
hum,
humming,
murmur,
murmuring,
drone,
droning,
buzz,
buzzing,
• a person's emotional state, the atmosphere of a place, or the associations of an object, as communicated to and felt by others.
• "I picked up no unusual vibrations as to the envelope's contents"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin vibratio(n- ), from the verb vibrare (see vibrate).
