vibration

Etymology

From French vibration, from Latin vibrātiō (“a shaking or brandishing”), from vibrō (“shake, vibrate”); see vibrate. Morphologically vibrate + -ion

noun

1. The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
2. (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
3. A single complete vibrating motion.
4. (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
5. (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.
   I'm pickin' up good vibrations / She's giving me the excitations. 1966, Mike Love, Brian Wilson (lyrics and music), “Good Vibrations”, performed by The Beach Boys
   The procession circled the district, symbolically purging the area of its “evil,” which paraders described as the “bad vibrations” from tourists and youths in Hippie clothes not living up to Hippie standards. 1967-10-07, “Parade in Haight-Ashbury Marks ‘Death of the Hippie’”, in New York Times, page 26