Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Vibrating; consisting in or belonging to vibration or oscillation; vibrative.
- Causing vibration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Causing or exhibiting
vibrations .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down
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Examples
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_vibratory_, and most persons have received the impression that the vibratory motion was an actual change of position of the molecular in space instead of a _change of form_.
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It is called a vibratory motion because it possesses a periodic vibratory movement, but as to its exact character, that has not yet been discovered.
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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Heat, then, is due to some motion in the universal aetherial medium, that not only fills all space, but also forms an atmosphere around every atom or particle of matter that exists in the universe, and that motion is generally known as a vibratory or backward and forward motion.
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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As we have already seen (Art. 61), heat is due to a particular kind of motion of the universal Aether, generally known as vibratory motion, which motion is communicated to the
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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A bud is formed; this bud reaches the surface, where it is exposed to the sun's rays, which are also to be regarded as a kind of vibratory motion.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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The elevator feeder is controlled by a level sensor mounted on the elevator itself, which provides a start/stop operation, resulting in increased efficiency of the downstream equipment such as vibratory bowl feeders, as well as centrifugal/rotary feeders.
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The elevator feeder is controlled by a level sensor mounted on the elevator itself, which provides a start/stop operation, resulting in increased efficiency of the downstream equipment such as vibratory bowl feeders, as well as centrifugal/rotary feeders.
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The elevator feeder is controlled by a level sensor mounted on the elevator itself, which provides a start/stop operation, resulting in increased efficiency of the downstream equipment such as vibratory bowl feeders, as well as centrifugal/rotary feeders.
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Passage up but RFC made to perform beneath its surface, a kind of vibratory motion, displacing the water first with one edge, and afterwards with the other.
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I am feeling ready to enter the realm of vibratory wisdom.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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