英文英文字典

英文英文字典

古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典

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Vibrant (a.)
Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums.
Vibrate (imp. & p. p.)
of Vibrate
Vibrate (v. t.)
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
Vibrate (v. t.)
To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
Vibrate (v. t.)
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
Vibrate (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.
Vibrate (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.
Vibrate (v. i.)
To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
Vibrate (v. i.)
To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.
Vibratile (a.)
Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects.
The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation.
Vibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vibrate
Vibration (n.)
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.
Vibration (n.)
A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.
A small vibration.
Vibrative (a. Vibrating)
; vibratory.
Vibratory (a.)
Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.
Vibrio (n.)
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.
Vibriones (pl. )
of Vibrio
Vibrios (pl. )
of Vibrio