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vibration

noun
/vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from vibrātiō
  2. borrowed from vibration

Definitions

  1. The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.

  2. Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium…

    Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.

  3. A single complete vibrating motion.

    • The moon, which had been slowly ascending, now shone through an open space between the trees; and the rippling waters of the brook gave back her light in luminous vibrations.
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    1. A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal…

      A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.

      • "And the sitters?" "I expect Professor Challenger may wish to bring a friend or two of his own." "They will form a horrible block of vibrations! We must have some of our own sympathetic people to counteract it."

    2. An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.

      • I'm pickin' up good vibrations / She's giving me the excitations.
      • The procession circled the district, symbolically purging the area of its “evil,” which paraders described as the “bad vibrations” from tourists and youths in Hippie clothes not living up to Hippie standards.

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Derived

hand-arm vibration syndrome, phantom vibration syndrome, sympathetic vibration, vibration control, vibration white finger

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vibration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vibration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at vibration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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