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Vibration Pronunciation

Vibration is pronounced vy-BRAY-shuhn, IPA /vaɪˈbreɪʃən/.

vy-BRAY-shuhn

US /vaɪˈbreɪʃən/  ·  UK /vaɪˈbreɪʃən/

Syllables: vy · BRAY · shuhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

noun: A rapid shaking movement, or the sensation of it.

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Vibration in a Sentence

  • A vibration in the floor gave the machine away.
  • The vibration from the road loosened the bracket.
  • You can feel the vibration through the handle.

Common Mispronunciations of Vibration

Not VY-bray-shuhn

Push the weight onto the BRAY in the middle. Vibrate is stressed at the front, and the noun does not inherit that.

Not vi-BRAY-shuhn with a short i

The first vowel is the long eye of vibe. Shortening it flattens the opening syllable.

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