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oscillation

  • noun
  • /ˌɒ.sɪˈleɪ.ʃən/

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated

Other meanings

  1. a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean

  2. a single such cycle

Related words

  • eigenoscillation
  • equioscillation
  • magnetooscillation
  • multioscillation
  • oscillational
  • oscillationless
  • oscillationlike
  • superoscillation

Word history

From Latin "oscillo".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “oscillation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.