Thesaurus results for VIBRATION

vibration

noun

vī-ˈbrā-shən

Definition of vibration

as in shaking

a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side the vibration of the floor caused by thundering feet in the hallway

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as in energy

often vibrations plural a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings the Eastern holistic philosophy that unhappy thoughts disrupt the vibrations from one's energy field, causing illness

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as in odor

usually vibrations plural a special quality or impression associated with something although the murders happened long ago, visitors to the house claim that it still gives off unsettling vibrations

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Recent Examples of vibration That’s largely due to Apple’s ultra-wideband chip, which enables Precision Finding and guides you to an object’s exact location with on-screen arrows, vibrations, and sounds. — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026 Using a quantum memory made of crystal vibrations, ETH Zürich researchers ran quantum algorithms with a single superconducting qubit. — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 The Skullcandy app gives you access to a five-band graphic equalizer, control customization, and the level of vibration the haptic drivers deliver. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 With construction expected deep into the night, Ping worries, the dust and vibrations will only worsen. — Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vibration

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Noun

Despite the widespread shaking, the most extensive structural damage was reported in communities closer to the epicenter.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
With its silly oversized thumbs and frantic shaking needed to escape pins, this mini-game is one example of how a game like Nintendo Switch Sports Resort could make some older gamers feel self-conscious.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of shaking

Noun

Researchers at The Ohio State University and Zhejiang Laboratory in China have created a system that detects an odor in one place and reproduces a corresponding scent somewhere else.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Fourteen years later, Les Milne was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease, and at a Parkinson’s awareness lecture, Joy Milne noticed that the other Parkinson’s patients seemed to have a similar odor.

— Marta Zaraaska, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of odor

Noun

For the site of their hard launch, the odd couple chose Perfecting Church, a Black church in Detroit, evidently seeking to exploit the aura of social justice implicit in the Black faith tradition.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Over a career spanning five decades, von Rydingsvard transformed humble four-by-four chunks of wood into towering shapes whose puzzling bumps and hollows gave them the aura of ancient living beings.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of aura

Noun

Hundreds of thousands of families were left without power overnight as Moscow sought to exploit Ukraine's shortage of air defenses, Zelenskyy said in a post on social media.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Paxton is trailing in most polls while receiving the most air support of any candidate.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of air

Noun

Butler told us to close our eyes and asked us to notice every sound and smell, the feel of the wind, and whatever was moving around inside us.

— Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Then one day, the boy’s clothes came no more, and instead his ashes were strewn into the river—ashes with none of the smells that the river remembered on the boy’s collars.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of smell

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