| vibrate | 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear. 4. To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vibratility | The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation. Origin: Cf. F. Vibratilite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vibrating line | The imaginary line across the posterior part of the palate, marking the division between the movable and immovable tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibration | 1. 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. "As a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations." (Longfellow) 2. <physics> 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. Vibration and oscillation are both used, in mechanics, of the swinging, or rising and falling, motion of a suspended or balanced body; the latter term more appropriately, as signifying such motion produced by gravity, and of any degree of slowness, while the former applies especially to the quick, short motion to and fro which results from elasticity, or the action of molecular forces among the particles of a body when disturbed from their position of rest, as in a spring. Amplitude of vibration, the maximum displacement of a vibrating particle or body from its position of rest. Phase of vibration, any part of the path described by a particle or body in making a complete vibration, in distinction from other parts, as while moving from one extreme to the other, or on one side of the line of rest, in distinction from the opposite. Two particles are said to be in the same phase when they are moving in the same direction and with the same velocity, or in corresponding parts of their paths. Origin: L. Vibratio: cf. F. Vibration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vibration syndrome | <syndrome> Tingling, numbness, and blanching of the fingers resulting from use of hand-held vibration tools; may persist without further exposure to vibration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibration tolerance | The maximum vibratory or oscillatory movements that an individual can experience and bear without pain; the limit of tolerance is a function of amplitude and frequency of the vibration and varies with the direction of application. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibrative | Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power. Origin: Cf. F. Vibratoire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vibrator | An instrument used for imparting vibrations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibratory | Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power. Origin: Cf. F. Vibratoire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vibratory massage | Very rapid tapping of the surface effected by means of an instrument, usually with an elastic tip. Synonym: seismotherapy, sismotherapy, vibrotherapeutics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibratory sensibility | The appreciation of vibration, a form of pressure sense; most acute when a vibrating tuning fork is applied over a bony prominence. Synonym: bone sensibility, pallesthetic sensibility, vibratory sensibility. Origin: G. Pallo, to quiver, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibratory urticaria | A form of urticaria that occurs in response to vibratory stimuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vibrio | <bacteria> Vibrio is a genus of motile, Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria (family Vibrionaceae), some species in this genus cause cholera in humans and other diseases in animals. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Vibrio alginolyticus | A species associated with wound and ear infections, and with bacteraemia in immunocompromised and in burn patients. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vibrio alginolyticus alkaline protease | <enzyme> Extracellular enzyme stimulated by histidine and urocanic acid Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: vaa protease (26 Jun 1999) |