vibratory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   involving, characterized by, or causing rapid back-and-forth motion or vibration

   The instrument records the vibratory motion of the membrane.

Formed from vibrate + -ory. Vibrate comes from Latin vibrāre ("to brandish, wave, or set in trembling motion"), probably from an Indo-European base associated with oscillation. The suffix -ory forms adjectives expressing a function or tendency.

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