sympathetic vibration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsympatheticandvibration
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sympathetic
adjective
uk/ˌsɪm.pəˈθet.ɪk/us/ˌsɪm.pəˈθet̬.ɪk/
used to describe someone who shows, especially by what they say, that they understand and care about someone ...
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vibration
noun[C or U]
uk/vaɪˈbreɪ.ʃən/us/vaɪˈbreɪ.ʃən/
continuous quick, slight ...
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(Definition ofsympatheticandvibrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The tuning of a number of strings at the same pitch will determine the density and richness of the sound and the degree ofsympatheticvibrationpossible.
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Yet sharing this experience with others created a far more dynamic experience, which was another type ofsympatheticvibrationoperating between people.
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The word ' sympathy ' is intended to recall technical terms in acoustics ('sympatheticvibration') and medicine (' sympathetic ophthalmia ', inflammation of one eye in response to trauma to the other eye).
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Strung in fifty-pound nylon filament, each ground harp has twenty-two strings, individually tuned like a lute in courses to encouragesympatheticvibration.
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In a phenomenon calledsympatheticvibration, a string seems to vibrate by itself.
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The bass drum was tuned to enhance the bass fiddle withsympatheticvibration.
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Because of thesympatheticvibrationof the bass, a plucked note will cause that same note (and its octaves) to sound on all strings if left unmuted.
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Resonating type bass traps achieve absorption of sound bysympatheticvibrationof some free element of the device with the air volume of the room.
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Many piano-makers enrich the tone of the piano throughsympatheticvibration, but use a different method known as duplex scaling (see piano).
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Notes never struck emerge from the texture, resulting not from attacks but sympathetic vibrations.
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The structure becomes resonant, inducing sympathetic vibrations, in effect, tuning the building.
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Throughsympatheticvibration, they enhanced the timbre of the melody line, thus serving the baryton's role as the primary melody instrument in this music.
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The effect uses the sympathetic vibrations set up in the untuned non-speaking length of the strings.
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To reduce sympathetic vibrations, the two turbines should turn at speeds with few common multiples, for example 7:3 speed ratio.
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With the strength he can bring to bear, this level of impact can generate sympathetic vibrations in structures sufficient to collapse buildings and damage the foundations of bridges, etc.
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