vibration

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of vibrating
  2. noun a shaky motion
  3. noun (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

Etymology

From French vibration, from Latin vibrātiō (“a shaking or brandishing”), from vibrō (“shake, vibrate”); see vibrate. Morphologically vibrate + -ion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

quiver, quivering

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