vibro-
(ˈvaɪbrəʊ)
irregular combining form of L. vibrāre to vibrate, used in some recent technical and scientific terms, as viˈbrometer, vibroˈmotor, ˈvibrophone, ˈvibroscope (hence vibroˈscopic adj.), etc.; also ˈvibro-massage, massage with a special vibrator; vibroˈtactile a., of, pertaining to, or involving the perception of vibration through touch.
| 1923 Daily Mail 10 Aug. 5/2 The owner-experts get their features in knots..and may be seen going off for *vibro-massages in the evening. 1968 Listener 11 July 45/3 People who see nothing either comic or disturbing about our export eastwards of..vibro-massage, canned TV, [etc.]. |
| 1887 Pall Mall G. 24 May 4/2 An ingenious instrument termed a *vibrometer..accurately records the vibration, and by its means every boat is tested before it leaves the builder's hands. |
| 1894 Standard 8 Feb., By Mr. Beaumont's method the cause of vibration..is converted into a *vibromotor. |
| 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 2709/2 *Vibroscope,..an instrument invented by Duhamel for counting the vibrations of a tuning-fork. 1881 Broadhouse Mus. Acoustics 101 Another method of measuring pitch is the vibroscope, which as its name implies, is a method of making vibrations visible. |
| [1934 tr. R. H. Gault in L'Année Psychologique XXXIV. 2 Le sens tactile (ou comme je préfère..dire, les ‘sens vibro-tactiles’).] 1934 R. H. Gault in Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. V. 253/2 We may legitmately describe the results of our *vibro-tactile experiments as evidences of hearing, even though we are assured that the ear is not involved. 1980 Pflügers Arch. European Jrnl. Physiol. CCCLXXXIV. 170/1 Vibrotactile stimuli above the tuning threshold of the nerve fibers can elicit a continuous afferent impulse volley without adaptation during some seconds. |