VIBRATION


Meaning of VIBRATION in English

/ vaɪˈbreɪʃn; NAmE / noun

1.

[ C , U ] a continuous shaking movement or feeling :

We could feel the vibrations from the trucks passing outside.

a reduction in the level of vibration in the engine

2.

vibrations [ pl. ] ( formal ) = vibes

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from Latin vibratio(n-) , from the verb vibrare vibrate.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.