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VIBES |
Vibrations |
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TREMORS |
Vibrations |
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VIBROSCOPE |
An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations. |
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SEISMIC |
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TONOMETER |
An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in
tones. |
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FATIGUE |
The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated
vibrations or strains. |
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PHONOSCOPE |
An instrument for producing luminous figures by the
vibrations of sounding bodies. |
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PHONOMOTOR |
An instrument in which motion is produced by the
vibrations of a sounding body. |
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PHONOMETER |
An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their
intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations. |
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FLUTIST |
To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail
flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan. |
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ISOCHRONAL |
Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal
times; recurring at regular intervals; isochronal vibrations or
oscillations. |
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VOICED |
Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of the vocal
cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with the glottis narrowed. |
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TRILL |
To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous
vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver. |
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FLOURISH |
To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about
in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish. |
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HARMONIC |
A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which
is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See
Harmonics. |
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SHAKE |
To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move
rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to
agitate. |
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VOICE |
To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a
narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak
above a whisper. |
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QUAVER |
Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound
with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a
musical instrument |
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PITCH |
The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by
the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a
scale of high and low. |
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TONOPHANT |
A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing
composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of
steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket. |
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BRIDGE |
The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a
violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their
vibrations to the body of the instrument. |
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BEAT |
To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater
and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of
instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison. |
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DISCORD |
...shly
or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations
which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord
deman... |
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OSTEOPHONE |
An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations
through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by
persons deaf from cau... |
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SOUND |
...hich would
occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the
theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a t... |