vibrator: Meaning and Definition of

vi•bra•tor

Pronunciation: (vī'brā-tur), [key]
— n.
  1. a person or thing that vibrates.
  2. any of various machines or devices causing a vibratory motion or action.
  3. a small appliance of variable shape, made to oscillate very rapidly and used in vibratory massage.
    1. a device in which, by continually repeated impulses, a steady current is changed into an oscillating current.
    2. a device for producing electric oscillations.
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