About The Word Oscillation
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Oscillation
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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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