About The Word Oscillation

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Oscillation

Oscillation Meaning & Definition
Oscillation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oscillation?

[n] a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
[n] (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
[n] the process of oscillating between states

Synonyms | Synonyms for Oscillation: cycle | vibration

Related Terms | Find terms related to Oscillation: alternation | beat | cyclicalness | equivocation | fluctuation | intermittence | intermittency | meter | pendulation | pendulum motion | periodicalness | periodicity | piston motion | pulsation | reappearance | recurrence | regular wave motion | reoccurrence | return | rhythm | seasonality | seesawing | shifting | shilly-shally | shilly-shallying | shuffling | teetering | teeter-tottering | tottering | undulation | vacillation | variation | vicissitude | wavering | wobbling

See Also | action | activity | beat | cardiac cycle | Carnot cycle | Carnot's ideal cycle | libration | menstrual cycle | natural action | natural process | pass | periodic event | recurrent event | resonance | ripple | sympathetic vibration | transient | undulation | wave

Oscillation In Webster's Dictionary

\Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.] 1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration. 2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth. His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote. --Macaulay. {Axis of oscillation}, {Center of oscillation}. See under {Axis}, and {Center}.

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