OSCILLATION

cycle, oscillation

(noun) a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; “a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons”

oscillation, vibration

(noun) (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

oscillation

(noun) the process of oscillating between states

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

oscillation (countable and uncountable, plural oscillations)

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated

a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean

a single such cycle

(mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point $\backslash (x\backslash )$ in the domain of the function by $\backslash (\backslash inf\backslash left\backslash \{\backslash mathrm\{diam\}(f(U))\backslash mid\; U\backslash mathrm\{\backslash \; is\backslash \; a\backslash \; neighborhood\backslash \; of\backslash \; \}x\backslash right\backslash \}\backslash )$, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.

Hyponyms

• Atlantic multidecadal oscillation

• climate oscillation

• decadal oscillation

• North Atlantic Oscillation

• North Pacific Oscillation

• quasi-biennial oscillation

• quasi-periodic oscillation

• quasi-quadrennial oscillation

• Southern Oscillation

Anagrams

• colonialist

Source: Wiktionary

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Os`cil*la"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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