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vibration

In physics, a periodic or oscillatory motion about a position. Sound is produced by vibrations of objects such as the stretched strings of a violin or the air particles in a wind instrument. The sound of the human voice is produced by the motion of air causing the ‘strings’ of the vocal cords to vibrate.



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Perhaps there was something in that sound more than the mere fact of the strong vibration that produced the instantaneous effect on the frame of the prostrate man, and for the time completely shook off the obstruction of paralysis.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
The resonant, laughing voices of these gorgeous maidens scared away the multitude of humming-birds, whose delicate wings wreathed with the mist of their vibration the tops of flowering bushes.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Well, we could hear the vibration like anything, coming from over the marsh there.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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