Vibrissa
One of the specialized or tactile hairs which grow about the nostrils, or on other parts of the face, in many animals, as the so-called whiskers of the cat, and the hairs of the nostrils of man.
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The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical string.
A small vibration.
Vibrating; vibratory.
One that vibrates, or causes vibration or oscillation of any kind; A trembler, as of an electric bell. A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system. A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper. An oscillator. An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion. A vibrating reed, esp. in a reed organ. Any of various vibrating devices, as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens. An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a molding machine to shake the pattern loose. a small electrical device held in the hand, with a motor that causes the device and hand to vibrate, and is used for vibratory massage.
Consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power.
A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus.
An instrument to observe and record vibrations.
An instrument for observing or tracing vibrations.
A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental plants, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose.
One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
The benefice of a vicar.
Of or pertaining to a vicar; as, vicarial tithes.