OSCILLATION
\ˌɒsɪlˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɒsɪlˈeɪʃən], \ˌɒ_s_ɪ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of OSCILLATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
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the process of oscillating between states
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(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
By Princeton University
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a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
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the process of oscillating between states
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(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
By Oddity Software
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The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Irritability, Oscillation.
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Oscillatia; from oscillum, 'an image, perhaps of Bacchus, hung on ropes, and swung up and down in the air.' Vibration, Vibramen, Vibratio, Vibratus. Also, a partial rotatory movement of the eyeball to and from its antero-posterior axis.
By Robley Dunglison
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