Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oscillation"
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) 1.7 (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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