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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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