Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Vibrating; vibratory; causing vibration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Vibrating; vibratory.
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- adjective archaic
vibratory
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Examples
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The former, indeed, is a particular kind of sensation, but the latter is merely a vibrative or undulatory motion the air.
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Mr. Verne's voice was husky and unsteady and his eyes had a far off wistful look that struck a vibrative chord in Phillip Lawson's breast.
Marguerite Verne Rebecca Agatha Armour
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The former, indeed, is a particular kind of sensation, but the latter is merely a vibrative or undulatory motion the air.
The First Dialogue 1909
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The composers of the music of ancient Greece had for instruments only lyres of six or eight strings, with little vibrative power.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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It was as if the nerves had grown finer, more tremulous, or, rather, more vibrative.
Wilfrid Cumbermede George MacDonald 1864
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The former, indeed, is a particular kind of sensation, but the latter is merely a vibrative or undulatory motion the air.
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous George Berkeley 1719
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And from the _varieties_ of these _three_, may arise _infinite varieties_ in fluid bodies, though all agitated by the _same pulse_ or _vibrative_ motion.
Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669
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Don't setting your thinkpad t40 battery in the high humidity, high temperature, strong vibrative and dusty place.
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Don't setting your thinkpad t41 battery in the high humidity, high temperature, strong vibrative and dusty place.
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Apple don't have the market to themselves for Touch devices though - Samsung and LG are pushing hard in this space, and Nokia is ready to enter - and these guys are bringing something else to the table - Haptic (vibrative) feedback.
IntoMobile 2008
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