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VIBRATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vibratory mean?
• VIBRATORY (adjective)
The adjective VIBRATORY has 1 sense:
1. moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down
Familiarity information: VIBRATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down
Context example:
the vibrating piano strings
Similar:
moving (in motion)
Derivation:
vibrate (sound with resonance)
Context examples
A nervous tract that transmits pain, temperature, and touch sensations and position and vibratory sense to the brain.
(Ascending Spinal Cord Tract, NCI Thesaurus)
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