What is another word for vibrations?

Pronunciation: [va͡ɪbɹˈe͡ɪʃənz] (IPA)

Vibrations are the oscillating movements of an object or medium caused by a disturbance. There are several synonyms for the word "vibrations" such as tremors, quivers, shudders, shakes, jolts, quakes, throbs, pulses, oscillations, and reverberations. Tremors usually refer to small involuntary shaking movements, while shudders and quivers may imply a sudden, involuntary movement due to fear or cold. Shakes and jolts are often used to describe sudden, jerky movements, while quakes are reserved for seismic activity. Throbs and pulses are often used to describe rhythmic movements, while oscillations refer to repetitive back and forth movements. Lastly, reverberations refer to the echoes or effects of vibrations.

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Usage examples for Vibrations

As this travels outward through the atoms and molecules of the ultimate solid-these atoms and molecules which we call stars and planets and which compose this solid-the combinations between these positive and negative ions or wave vibrations produce the varying manifestations of mind and matter.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
He was always cravenly scurrying away from one or more of them and vibrations they made.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
This amounts to saying that the amplitude of the potential vibrations is greatest at the top end of the aerial, and the amplitude of the current vibrations is greatest at the bottom or earthed end.
"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy"
John Ambrose Fleming

Famous quotes with Vibrations

  • The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.
    Albert Camus
  • In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.
    Christopher Morley
  • There is something very basic to the sense of listening. The sense of hearing is the only one that operates totally from vibrations, without other physical or chemical reactions to receive the sensations.
    Henry Reed
  • As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.
    Charles Francis Richter
  • I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.
    Richard Wagner

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