vibes
plural noun
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Origin: < vibration
Slang qualities in a person or thing that are thought of as being like vibrations which produce an emotional reaction in others
vibration
noun
- the action of vibrating; specif.,
- movement back and forth, as of a pendulum; oscillation
- rapid rhythmic movement back and forth; quiver
- vacillation or wavering, as between two choices or opinions
- ☆ emotional qualities or supernatural emanations that are sensed or felt by another person or thing
- Physics
- periodic, to-and-fro motion or oscillation of an object, as an elastic body or the particles of a fluid, when it is displaced from the rest position or position of equilibrium, as in transmitting sound
- a single, complete oscillation
Origin: L vibratio
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