Vibration is back-and-forth or up-and-down motion in a material or medium. The meaning of the word also includes any periodic physical process, such as the vibration of which we hear as sound, or the cyclical change of intensity of the electric field...

n. (vibr) A distinctive feature proposed by Ladefoged (1971) to distinguish taps, flaps and trills ([+vibr]) from all other segments ([-vibr]), further distinctions being handled by the feature rate. In the Ladefoged feature system, this feature is...

Vibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic such as the motion of a pendulum or random such as the movement of a tire on a gravel road. Vibration is occasionally desirable. For example the...

(JAPAN) A Cinequanon, Vibrator Production Committee presentation of a Studio Three production. (International sales: Gold View, Tokyo.) Produced by Akira Morishige, Takeshi Aoshima. Executive producer, Kisei Takahashi. Directed, edited by Ryuichi Hiroki. Screenplay, Haruhiko Arai, based on the novel by Mari...

Operator safety defined by new directives In Europe occupational diseases caused by vibration exposure involve about 5 percent of workers in all sectors with high economic and social costs. Concerning hand-arm vibration, the main effect to their exposure is the Vibration White Finger...

What if you could burn fat while shaking a martini? Actually, it's your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that's generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept.These machines use vibrations to tone...

Executives at a high-tech scientific-research center used by 10 universities and hospitals are saying that plans by the City University of New York to construct buildings close by would temporarily shut down operations and cause “devastating” effects for years to come. The dispute, between the...