"vibratiuncle" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vibratiuncula"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vibratiuncula",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vibrātio",
        "4": "",
        "5": "vibration"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vibrātio (“vibration”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibrātio (“vibration”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vibratiuncles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vibratiuncle (plural vibratiuncles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "vibratiunculation"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1749, David Hartley, Observations on Man, I.i",
          "text": "Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 57",
          "text": "Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind)."
      ],
      "id": "en-vibratiuncle-en-noun-LbnKzW97",
      "links": [
        [
          "minuscule",
          "minuscule"
        ],
        [
          "slight",
          "slight"
        ],
        [
          "vibration",
          "vibration"
        ],
        [
          "brain",
          "brain"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "comparatively",
          "comparatively"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle"
        ],
        [
          "medullary",
          "medullary"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "nerve",
          "nerve"
        ],
        [
          "hypothesise",
          "hypothesise"
        ],
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "impression",
          "impression"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vibratiuncula"
        },
        {
          "word": "vibratiuncule"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkl",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vibratiuncle"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "vibratiunculation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vibratiuncula"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vibratiuncula",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vibrātio",
        "4": "",
        "5": "vibration"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vibrātio (“vibration”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibrātio (“vibration”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vibratiuncles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vibratiuncle (plural vibratiuncles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1749, David Hartley, Observations on Man, I.i",
          "text": "Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 57",
          "text": "Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "minuscule",
          "minuscule"
        ],
        [
          "slight",
          "slight"
        ],
        [
          "vibration",
          "vibration"
        ],
        [
          "brain",
          "brain"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "comparatively",
          "comparatively"
        ],
        [
          "particle",
          "particle"
        ],
        [
          "medullary",
          "medullary"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "nerve",
          "nerve"
        ],
        [
          "hypothesise",
          "hypothesise"
        ],
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "impression",
          "impression"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vaɪbɹeɪʃɪˈʌŋkl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "vībrāshĭ.ŭngʹkl",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vibratiuncula"
    },
    {
      "word": "vibratiuncule"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vibratiuncle"
}