English noun: tremor |
1. | tremor (act) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) |
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| Synonyms | shudder |
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| Broader (hypernym) | quiver, quivering, vibration |
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2. | tremor (event) a small earthquake |
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| Synonyms | earth tremor, microseism |
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| Broader (hypernym) | earthquake, quake, seism, temblor |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aftershock, foreshock |
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3. | tremor (state) shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | essential tremor |
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| Part meronym | paralysis agitans, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinsonism, shaking palsy |
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