Vibrator

//vaɪˈbɹeɪtə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.

    "They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex."

  2. 2
    mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage wordnet
  3. 3
    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. historical
  4. 4
    a mechanical device that vibrates wordnet
  5. 5
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; A trembler, as of an electric bell.
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  1. 6
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
  2. 7
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
  3. 8
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; An oscillator.
  4. 9
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
  5. 10
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
  6. 11
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
  7. 12
    A device that vibrates or causes vibration.; An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.

Etymology

From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or.

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