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vibration

[vahy-bray-shuhn] / vaɪˈbreɪ ʃən /


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Museums are investing: Sokka says his company has seen an uptick in seismic offerings, that can detect vibration such as drilling in walls, in the past 18 months.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Tiny packets of mechanical vibration called phonons can then serve as carriers that move information between qubit nodes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

“We’re very high on quality, and we’re high on authenticity. Music was always the main goal, and that’s why we chose Daptone; we’re on the same page about that, ‘cause music is a vibration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Federal air-safety regulators last year were seeking information related to severe vibration with such helicopter blades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Idiophones are instruments in which the body of the instrument itself, or a part of it, produces the original vibration.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

They use a variety of sophisticated strategies to catch their prey, including imitating the vibrations made by struggling insects trapped in spiderwebs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

One attempt was string theory, which regarded particles as vibrations of tiny strands in space, with one kind causing gravity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

These include having software that smooths out rapid acceleration, adding sound systems and subtle seat vibrations to signal to passengers that the car is moving, and offering adaptive regenerative braking that reduces sudden deceleration.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

It wrote in its complaint, external that by producing better haptic vibrations in its devices, Apple had been able to improve its overall user experience.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

For a moment he was absolutely still, absorbing the house’s vibrations.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer


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