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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
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.
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Usage: historical
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
A trembler, as of an electric bell.
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
An oscillator.
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
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Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
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noun
A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
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noun
mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mechanical device
Narrower terms: dildo
noun
a mechanical device that vibrates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mechanical device
Narrower terms: reed, vibrating reed
History
From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or.
Across languages
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
