VIBRATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vibrational mean? 

• VIBRATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective VIBRATIONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characterized by vibration

  Familiarity information: VIBRATIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIBRATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characterized by vibration

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

vibration ((physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean)

Derivation:

vibration (the act of vibrating)

vibration (a shaky motion)

 Context examples 

Computational chemistry is the branch of theoretical chemistry whose major goals are to create efficient computer programs that calculate the properties of molecules (such as total energy, dipole moment, vibrational frequencies) and to apply these programs to concrete chemical objects.

(Computational Chemistry, NCI Thesaurus)