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vi•bra•tor

Pronunciation: (vī'brā-tur), [key]
—n.
1. a person or thing that vibrates.
2. any of various machines or devices causing a vibratory motion or action.
3. a small appliance of variable shape, made to oscillate very rapidly and used in vibratory massage.
4. Elect.
a. a device in which, by continually repeated impulses, a steady current is changed into an oscillating current.
b. a device for producing electric oscillations.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

vibrato

vibratory

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