vibration
nounHow many syllables in vibration?
There are 3 syllables in the word vibration.How to pronounce vibration:
Definition of vibration:
- vibration (noun):
- a vibrating
- the act of vibrating.
- a periodic motion of the particles of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from the position of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been disturbed (as when a stretched cord produces musical tones or molecules in the air transmit sounds to the ear)
Synonyms for vibration:
jiggling
judder
motility
motion
move
movement
oscillation
palpitation
quake
quaking
quiver
quivering
rocking
shake
shakiness
shaking
shivering
shudder
shuddering
tremble
trembling
tremor
twitch
twitching
vibe
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- unbridled
- terminal
- soft-hearted
- maledict
- heedlessly
- decanter
- deactivate
- sullenly
- reverie
- quietly
- paragraph
- pacifist
- oftentimes
- momentous
- far-fetched
- eyelid
- directions
- conformist
- adumbrate
- withdrawal
- pedigree
- detracting
- consuetude
- cadaver
- Bolívar
- sinecure
- guaranteed
- enjoyment
- chauffeuring
- bearable
- poignantly
- Jayadeep
- Eleanor
- deviant
- mollify
- excurrent
- cathartic
- addictive
- passerby's
- windowpane
- steadfastly
- innately
- wherefrom
- spotlessly
- humorist
- finery
- duumviri
- unwonted
- unhandy
- unattached
- … more
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