convulsion

Everyday

1. A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control. tree →
2. (informal) «Convulsions of laughter» means fits of laughing that you cannot stop. tree →

In the lessons

in the tales, a fit that shakes a creature or a person; in fun talk, a funny act that throws the room into laughing fits

Examples

• The snake trembled in violent convulsions. tree →
• The doctor said the boy had convulsions. tree →
• The clown threw the whole hall into convulsions of laughter. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Violent shaking from terror, pain or fear when judgment comes on nations.

Interpretation. The prophets use it for the shock of God's judgment on Egypt, Ethiopia and Nineveh.

Examples

• And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time. (Prophets EZK.30.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness. (Prophets NAM.2.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down. (Prophets EZK.30.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths