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Vibraculum
n.
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One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia.
Vibrancy
n.
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The state of being vibrant; resonance.
Vibrant
a.
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Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums.
Vibrate
imp. & p. p.
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of Vibrate
Vibrating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Vibrate
Vibrate
v. t.
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To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
Vibrate
v. t.
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To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
Vibrate
v. t.
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To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
Vibrate
v. i.
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To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.
Vibrate
v. i.
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To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
Vibrate
v. i.
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To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
Vibrate
v. i.
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To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.
Vibratile
a.
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Adapted to, or used in, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects.
Vibratility
n.
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The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation.
Vibration
n.
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The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string.
Vibration
n.
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A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.
Vibratiuncle
a.
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A small vibration.
Vibrative
a. Vibrating
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; vibratory.
Vibratory
a.
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Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.
Vibrios
pl.
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of Vibrio
Vibriones
pl.
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of Vibrio
Vibrio
n.
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A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.
Vibrissae
pl.
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of Vibrissa
Vibrissa
n.
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One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.
Vibrissa
n.
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The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
Vibroscope
n.
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An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations.
Vibroscope
n.
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An instrument resembling the phenakistoscope.
Viburnum
n.
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A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose.
Vicar
n.
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One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
Vicarage
n.
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The benefice of a vicar.