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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
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 in the domain of the function by , 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
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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