vibratory

1. 1.

   moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down

   “the vibrating piano strings”

   Similarmoving

Questions about vibratory

What does vibratory mean?

vibratory means "moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down".

How many syllables are in vibratory?

vibratory has 4 syllables and divides as vi-bra-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is vibratory a common word?

vibratory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.