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- DictionaryOs·cil·la·tion/ˌäsəˈlāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. movement back and forth at a regular speed: "the natural oscillation of a spring"
- 2. regular variation in magnitude or position around a central point.
repeated change from one feeling or opinion to another: His mood never settled; there was a continuous oscillation between two extremes. physics specialized. a regular change in strength or direction in a wave or electric current: Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas.
repeated change from one feeling or opinion to another: His mood never settled; there was a continuous oscillation between two extremes. physics specialized. a regular change in strength or direction in a wave or electric current: Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas.
Oscillation is the process of moving back and forth regularly, like the oscillation of a fan that cools off the whole room, or the oscillation of a movie plot that makes you laugh and cry. Oscillation is from the Latin word oscillare for "to swing," so oscillation is when something is swinging back and forth.
oscillation. noun. /ˌɒsɪˈleɪʃn/. /ˌɑːsɪˈleɪʃn/. (formal) [uncountable, singular] a regular movement between one position and another or between one amount and another. the oscillation of the compass needle. oscillation between A and B the economy’s continual oscillation between growth and recession. Join us.
the limit of the oscillation in an interval containing a given point, as the length of the interval approaches zero.
[uncountable, countable] oscillation (between A and B) a repeated change between different feelings, types of behavior, or ideas his oscillation, as a teenager, between science and art Her oscillations of mood frustrated him. See oscillation in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: oscillation.
OSCILLATION meaning: 1 : the act of regularly moving from one position to another and back to the original position; 2 : a frequent change from one state, position, or amount to another.
