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 Definitions of tremor  [ˈtrɛm ər, ˈtri mər]  

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Definition of 'tremor' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tremor
involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, or excitement; shudder; shiver.

2.  tremor
any tremulous or vibratory movement; vibration:
tremors following an earthquake.

3.  tremor
a trembling or quivering effect, as of light.

4.  tremor
a quavering sound, as of the voice.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME < L: a trembling =trem(ere) to tremble +-or -or1)

Definition of 'tremor' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tremor, shudder
an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

2. (noun) tremor, earth tremor, microseism
a small earthquake

3. (verb) tremor
shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)

4. (verb) tremor, quake
shake with seismic vibrations
"The earth was quaking"


Definition of 'tremor' Webster Dictionary 

1.  tremor
a trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old


Definition of 'tremor' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  tremor
Cyclical movement of a body part that can represent either a physiologic process or a manifestation of disease. Intention or action tremor, a common manifestation of CEREBELLAR DISEASES, is aggravated by movement. In contrast, resting tremor is maximal when there is no attempt at voluntary movement, and occurs as a relatively frequent manifestation of PARKINSON DISEASE.


Translation of 'tremor' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a shaking or quivering
Earth tremors (= slight earthquakes) were felt in Sicily yesterday.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bewing Arabic flag Arabic: هَزَّه، رَجْفَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: треперене
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tremor Czech flag Czech: otřes, záchvěv German flag German: das Beben
Danish flag Danish: rystelse; jordrystelse Greek flag Greek: δόνηση Spanish flag Spanish: temblor
Estonian flag Estonian: värisemine Farsi flag Farsi: لرزه؛ ارتعاش Finnish flag Finnish: tärinä
French flag French: tremblement Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַעַד, רְעִידָה Hindi flag Hindi: कम्पन
Croatian flag Croatian: podrhtavanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyenge (föld)rengés Indonesian flag Indonesian: getaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (jarð)skjálfti Italian flag Italian: tremore Japanese flag Japanese: 震動
Korean flag Korean: 떨림 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: drebėjimas Latvian flag Latvian: apakšzemes grūdieni
Malay flag Malay: gegaran Dutch flag Dutch: beving Norwegian flag Norwegian: skjelving, risting; (jord
Polish flag Polish: wstrząs Persian flag Persian: لرزه؛ ارتعاش Pashto flag Pashto: لړزه، ارتعاش
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tremor Romanian flag Romanian: trepidaţie; tremur Russian flag Russian: толчки
Slovak flag Slovak: otras Slovenian flag Slovenian: tresenje Serbian flag Serbian: podrhtavanje tla
Swedish flag Swedish: skalv, skälvning, skaknin Thai flag Thai: การสั่นไหว Turkish flag Turkish: titreme,ürperme, sarsıntı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 震動 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тремтіння, дрижання Urdu flag Urdu: تھرتھراہٹ، لرزہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự run Chinese flag Chinese: 震动

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