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Definition of 'Oscillation'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) oscillation
an act or instance of oscillating.

2. oscillation
a single swing in one direction of an oscillating body.

3. oscillation
a single fluctuation between the maximum and minimum values of an oscillatory cycle.

Etymology: (1650–60; < L)

Definition of 'Oscillation'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) oscillation
the process of oscillating between states

2. (noun) oscillation, vibration
(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

3. (noun) cycle, oscillation
a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
"a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"

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