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sym·pa·thet·ic vi·bra·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sympathetic vibrationnoun

    (physics) vibration produced by resonance

Wiktionary

  1. sympathetic vibrationnoun

    the vibration of a body, at its natural frequency, in response to that of a neighbouring one having that frequency; resonance

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  1. sympathetic vibration

    Sympathetic resonance or sympathetic vibration is a harmonic phenomenon wherein a passive string or vibratory body responds to external vibrations to which it has a harmonic likeness. The classic example is demonstrated with two similarly-tuned tuning forks. When one fork is struck and held near the other, vibrations are induced in the unstruck fork, even though there is no physical contact between them. In similar fashion, strings will respond to the vibrations of a tuning fork when sufficient harmonic relations exist between them. The effect is most noticeable when the two bodies are tuned in unison or an octave apart (corresponding to the first and second harmonics, integer multiples of the inducing frequency), as there is the greatest similarity in vibrational frequency. Sympathetic resonance is an example of injection locking occurring between coupled oscillators, in this case coupled through vibrating air. In musical instruments, sympathetic resonance can produce both desirable and undesirable effects. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians:The property of sympathetic vibration is encountered in its direct form in room acoustics in the rattling of window panes, light shades and movable panels in the presence of very loud sounds, such as may occasionally be produced by a full organ. As these things rattle (or even if they do not audibly rattle) sound energy is being converted into mechanical energy, and so the sound is absorbed. Wood paneling and anything else that is lightweight and relatively unrestrained have the same effect. Absorptivity is at its highest at the resonance frequency, usually near or below 100 Hz.

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  1. sympathetic vibration

    Sympathetic vibration is a physical phenomenon which occurs when a vibratory object, such as a string, tuning fork or an instrument, sets a neighboring object into a state of vibration at the same, or complementary, frequency. This response of one object to the vibrations of another object creates harmonic resonance, which tends to amplify the original sound or create additional tones.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Sympathetic Vibration

    The establishment of periodic movement in one body by impulses of the same period communicated to it from another body in motion. Thus if two tuning forks are of the same pitch and one is sounded the other will begin to sound by sympathy, the sound waves communicating the necessary periodic impulses to it. Sympathetic vibrations are utilized in harmonic telegraphy. (See Harmonic Receiver--Telegraph, Harmonic.)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sympathetic vibration in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sympathetic vibration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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  • συμπαθητική δόνησηGreek
  • vibration sympathiqueFrench
  • sympathische vibratieDutch

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