Thesaurus results for VIBRATION(S)

vibrations

noun

plural of vibration

as in energy

a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings the Eastern holistic philosophy that unhappy thoughts disrupt the vibrations from one's energy field, causing illness

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as in odor

a special quality or impression associated with something although the murders happened long ago, visitors to the house claim that it still gives off unsettling vibrations

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Recent Examples of vibrations Using a quantum memory made of crystal vibrations, ETH Zürich researchers ran quantum algorithms with a single superconducting qubit. — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 Instead of blasting audio directly into your ear canals, this tech works a bit like magic by sending tiny mechanical vibrations from your facial bones to your inner ear. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 With construction expected deep into the night, Ping worries, the dust and vibrations will only worsen. — Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026 Their entrance is punctuated by vibrations in the Sphere’s haptic seats, a surprise that initially jars but ultimately enhances the experience. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026 HapWare’s Aleye is a haptic wristband that relays nonverbal cues—a smile, a wave—in near-real time through a series of vibrations. — Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Now, a special group of students has new technology that turns sounds into lights, words and vibrations. — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Later tonight, the Moon enters your sign and your energy shifts.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
The growing cost of the war and its economic ripple effects on energy prices could hurt Republicans in next week's midterm elections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of energy

Noun

In the days before the spill was announced, residents complained of fuel-like odors pervading areas of Dubai and north.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The process sends digital instructions between devices; the odor itself comes from supplies already loaded into the wearable.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of odor

Noun

The Melbourne duo taps into trip-hop’s essential strangeness on its latest album, trading the genre’s boilerplate languor for dejected moods, menacing auras, and slippery, all-consuming bass.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Only one copy will ever legally exist, in a protest against the loss of music’s aura in the age of its digital reproducibility, to paraphrase German philosopher Walter Benjamin.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of aura

Noun

Earlier this month, Ukrainian drones connected to Starshield lost connectivity at high speeds, disrupting air defenses during daily Russian air attacks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
This position causes the moonlight to pass through a denser layer of air, shortening blue and violet wavelengths and making the orange and red ones stand out — similar to a sunset.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of air

Noun

Butler told us to close our eyes and asked us to notice every sound and smell, the feel of the wind, and whatever was moving around inside us.

— Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Then one day, the boy’s clothes came no more, and instead his ashes were strewn into the river—ashes with none of the smells that the river remembered on the boy’s collars.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of smell

Noun

One bottle, picked by Naugle, Casamorati Italica had notes of apple, mandarin, creamy milk, saffron and vanilla which distinctly reminded me of this German Christmas loose-leaf tea from my childhood.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Save suspicious messages, account statements, confirmation numbers and notes from conversations with institutions.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of note

Noun

This El Niño weather pattern is on top of warming temperatures that result from fossil fuel emissions, which trap more heat in the atmosphere.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
This Mount Rushmore represents a good mix of four different kinds of food and dining experiences, with different menus, atmospheres, and themes.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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