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oscillation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oscillation \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oscillation n 1: the process of oscillating between states 2: (physics) a regular variation in value about a mean [syn: {vibration}]
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