oscillation
/ˌɒ.sɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
oscillation noun: the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated.
Noun
oscillation (countable and uncountable, plural oscillations)
- the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- The trial running tests which were made with the vehicles showed that they ride very steadily laterally, with almost complete absence of oscillation at all speeds.1950 January, “British Railways Double-Deck Suburban Stock”, in Modern Railways, page 57
- In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance.1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743
- a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
- a single such cycle
- (of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
oscillation meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
oscillation in Tamil
- அலைவு, அசைந்தாடுதல், முன்பியல் அலைவு, ஊசலாடுதல், முன்பின் அசைதல்
oscillation in Bengali
- oscillation, swinging
- আন্দোলন andōlon
oscillation in Malayalam
- swinging (to and fro), swing, swaying
- ആന്ദോളനം, ദോലനം, വിലോളിതം, ചാഞ്ചാട്ടം, ആട്ടം, ഇളക്കം
- wavering, swinging, fluctuation
- ചാഞ്ചാട്ടം, ചഞ്ചലത, തരളത, ലോലക്കം, ഇളക്കം, ഉലച്ചിൽ
oscillation in Kannada
- ತೂಗಾಟ, ತೂಗುವಿಕೆ, ಒಲೆದಾಡುವಿಕೆ, ತೂಗಾಡುವಿಕೆ, ಡೋಲಾಯಮಾನತೆ, ಅನಿಶ್ಚಿತತೆ
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- oscillation in Tagalog
- tugoy
- oscillation in Arabic
- تَذَبْذُب taḏabḏub
- oscillation in Indonesian
- osilasi
- oscillation in Persian
- نوسان navasân
Examples of oscillation in a sentence
- A large aberrative oscillation has been observed in the financial markets.
- From these oscillograms, it is visible that the resonator oscillations are noticeably inharmonic and asymmetric ones.
- In all three ethnographic studies, we repeatedly heard an oscillation between praxiological and mediological convictions.
Forms of oscillation
| plural | oscillations |
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Origin of oscillation
From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatio, from Latin oscillo. By surface analysis, oscillate + -ion.
Words formed from oscillation
Phrases with oscillation
Words that rhyme with oscillation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about oscillation
- What does oscillation mean?
- Oscillation means the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated.
- What is oscillation in Tamil?
- Oscillation in Tamil is அலைவு, அசைந்தாடுதல், முன்பியல் அலைவு. See Oscillation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oscillation?
- Oscillation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oscillation?
- Oscillation is pronounced /ˌɒ.sɪˈleɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of oscillation?
- The plural of oscillation is oscillations.
Words near oscillation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oscillation (page history and authors); oscillation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আন্দোলন (Bengali) (page history and authors); oscillation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); oscillation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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