n. The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A pulsating effect in vocal music produced by the rapid reiteration of emphasis on a tone, as if under the impulse of great emotion.
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n. (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch
Word Usage
"But when speaking of the rendition of Handelian arias, he evidently uses the term vibrato in the same sense as Sieber does tremolando."