/vuy"bray teuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that vibrates.
2. any of various machines or devices causing a vibratory motion or action.
3. a small appliance of variable shape, made to oscillate very rapidly and used in vibratory massage.
4. Elect.
a. a device in which, by continually repeated impulses, a steady current is changed into an oscillating current.
b. a device for producing electric oscillations.
[ 1860-65; VIBRATE + -OR 2 ]