vibratile

American  

[vahy-bruh-til, -tahyl] / ˈvaɪ brə tɪl, -ˌtaɪl /

adjective

1. capable of vibrating or of being vibrated.

2. having a vibratory motion.

3. of, relating to, or of the nature of vibration.

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Other Word Forms

• nonvibratile adjective
• vibratility noun

Etymology

Origin of vibratile

First recorded in 1820–30; vibrate + -ile

Example Sentences

The membrane is longitudinally striped and covered with long and vibratile cilia.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

Profile view of larva; b madreporic opening, w' earlet, a d digestive system, m mouth, v v' vibratile chord.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander

Having arrived in the tube, the ovule moves very slowly in the almost capillary tube by means of the vibratile cilia and arrives in the cavity of the womb.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

Is that the source of its vibratile mobility?

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

No one of the members of these four classes is known to possess vibratile cilia.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.