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vibratiuncle
vibratiuncle (vaɪbreɪʃɪˈʌŋk(ə)l) [ad. mod.L. vibratiuncula, dim. of L. vibrātio vibration.] A minute or slight vibration. Cf. vibration 3 c.1748 Hartley Observ. Man i. i. §2. 58 Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures. Ibid. 101 Concerning the Derivation of ideal...
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passiuncle
passiˈuncle nonce-wd. [f. passion, with dim. ending -uncle, after Hartley's vibratiuncle.] A petty or contemptible passion.1834 De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. 1889 I. 174 Now, of men and women generally, parodying that terminology, we ought to say—not that they are..at all capable of passions, but of...
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vibration
vibration (vaɪˈbreɪʃən) [ad. L. vibrātiōn-, vibrātio, n. of action f. vibrāre to vibrate. So F. vibration, It. vibrazione, Sp. vibracion, Pg. vibra{chook}āo.] † 1. (See quots. and cf. vibrate v. 6.) Obs.—01656 Blount Glossogr., Vibration, a brandishing, shaking, or wagging, as men do drawn swords, w...
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