vibratiuncle
noun/vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkl/UK
Etymology
From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibrātio (“vibration”).
- derived from vibratiuncula
Definitions
A minuscule or slight vibration
A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind).
- Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures.
- Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.
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