About The Word Oscillate
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Oscillate
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What's The Definition Of Oscillate?
[v] move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
[v] be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" Synonyms | Synonyms for Oscillate: hover | vacillate | vibrate | vibrate Related Terms | Find terms related to Oscillate: alternate | back and fill | be here again | bob | bobble | careen | change | circle | coggle | come again | come and go | come around | come round | come round again | come up again | cycle | dangle | dither | ebb and flow | equivocate | flounder | fluctuate | flutter | go through phases | hem and haw | intermit | librate | lurch | nutate | pendulate | pitch | pulsate | pulse | reappear | recur | reel | reoccur | repeat | resonate | return | revolve | ring the changes | rock | roll | roll around | rotate | seesaw | shake | shift | shilly-shally | shuffle | stagger | swag | sway | swing | teeter | teeter-totter | tergiversate | toss | totter | turn | undulate | vacillate | vary | vibrate | wag | waggle | wave | waver | wax and wane | wheel | wheel around | wobble See Also | hesitate | hunt | librate | shillyshally | sway | swing | waffle | waver Oscillate In Webster's Dictionary \Os"cil*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oscillated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Oscillating}.] [L. oscillare to swing, fr.
oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung
from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little
mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See {Oral}, and cf. {Osculate}.]
1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum;
to swing; to sway.
2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move
in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly,
back and forth.
The amount of superior families oscillates rather
than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed
limits. --Dc Quincey.
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