Vibrator

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vibrator \Vi"bra*tor\, n.
     One that vibrates, or causes vibration or oscillation of any
     kind; specif.
     (a) (Elec.) (1) A trembler, as of an electric bell. (2) A
         vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating
         currents in a harmonic telegraph system. (3) A device for


         vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish
         frictional resistance on the paper. (4) An oscillator.
     (b) An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having
         an additional vibratory motion.
     (a) (Music) A vibrating reed, esp. in a reed organ.
     (d) (Weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, as one for
         slackening the warp as a shed opens.
     (e) An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a molding machine to
         shake the pattern loose.
     (f) a small electrical device held in the hand, with a motor
         that causes the device and hand to vibrate, and is used
         for vibratory massage.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vibrator
       n 1: a mechanical device that vibrates; "a reed is the vibrator
            that produces the sound"
       2: mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for
          massage

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "vibrator":
     agitator, beater, churn, eggbeater, facial, facial massage,
     jiggler, kneading, massage, massaging, massotherapy, metronome,
     oscillator, paddle, pendulum, rocker, rocking chair, rocking stone,
     rubdown, seesaw, shaker, shuttle, shuttlecock, stroking, swing,
     teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetery-bender, whirlpool bath,
     whisk