vibration

1. (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.countableuncountable

2. (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.Examples: ""And the sitters?" "I expect Professor Challenger may wish to bring a friend or two of his own." "They will form a horrible block of vibrations! We must have some of our own sympathetic people to counteract it.""countableuncountable

3. (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.Examples: "I'm pickin' up good vibrations / She's giving me the excitations."; "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."Synonyms: vibebroadlycountablein-pluraloftenslanguncountable