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vibrator.

A device that vibrates or causes vibration.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/vaɪˈbɹeɪtə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvaɪbɹeɪtɚ/General-American[ˈvaɪ̯bɹeɪ̯ɾɚ]General-American
  1. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.

    They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.
  2. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.

    historical
  3. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. A trembler, as of an electric bell.

  4. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.

  5. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.

  6. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. An oscillator.

  7. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.

  8. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.

  9. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.

  10. A device that vibrates or causes vibration. An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.

Where this word comes from

From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or.

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