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Vibrator

Vibrator

See also: vibrator, vibrátor, and vibratör

German

Noun

Vibrator m

  1. vibrator (device that vibrates or causes vibration for whichever purpose)

vibrator

vibrator

See also: Vibrator, vibrátor, and vibratör

English

Noun

vibrator (plural vibrators)

  1. A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
    1. A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
      They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.
    2. 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.
    3. A trembler, as of an electric bell.
    4. A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
    5. A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
    6. An oscillator.
    7. An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
    8. A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
    9. (weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
    10. An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.

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External links

  • vibrator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • vibrator in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Verb

vibrātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of vibrō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of vibrō