From French vibration, from Latin vibrātiō, from vibrō ("shake, vibrate"); see vibrate.

Morphologically vibrate + -ion

• (America) IPA: /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/

vibration

1. The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
2. (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
3. A single complete vibrating motion.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 21 ↗:

     The moon, which had been slowly ascending, now shone through an open space between the trees; and the rippling waters of the brook gave back her light in luminous vibrations.

4. (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "And the sitters?" "I expect Professor Challenger may wish to bring a friend or two of his own." "They will form a horrible block of vibrations! We must have some of our own sympathetic people to counteract it."

5. (by extension, slang, often, in plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.

   Synonyms: vibe

• French: vibration
• German: Vibration, Schwingung
• Italian: vibrazione
• Portuguese: vibração
• Russian: вибра́ция
• Spanish: vibración

• German: Vibration, Schwingung

• German: Vibration, Schwingung