A device or mechanism designed to reduce or eliminate unwanted vibrations.
Formed from 'anti-' (against) and 'vibrator' (from Latin 'vibrare'). The term developed with mechanical engineering advances in the 20th century.
Your phone likely contains antivirators in its speakers and internal components—they're precision-engineered springs and dampers that keep vibrations from rattling your device apart.
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