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tremor


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tremor  \Tre"mor\,  n.  [L.,  from  tremere  to  tremble.  See 
  {Tremble},  v.] 
  A  trembling;  a  shivering  or  shaking;  a  quivering  or  vibratory 
  motion;  as  the  tremor  of  a  person  who  is  weak,  infirm,  or 
  old 
 
  He  fell  into  an  universal  tremor  of  all  his  joints. 
  --Harvey. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tremor 
  n  1:  an  involuntary  vibration  (as  if  from  illness  or  fear)  [syn: 
  {shudder}] 
  2:  a  small  earthquake  [syn:  {earth  tremor},  {microseism}] 
  3:  a  shaky  motion;  "the  shaking  of  his  fingers  as  he  lit  his 
  pipe"  [syn:  {shaking},  {shakiness},  {trembling},  {quiver}, 
  {quivering},  {vibration},  {palpitation}] 
  v  :  shake  with  seismic  vibrations,  as  of  planets;  "The  earth  was 
  quaking"  [syn:  {quake}] 




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