Defenition of the word oscillation

• Defenition of the word oscillation

  • The variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value, often a point of equilibrium, or between two or more different states.
  • the process of oscillating between states
  • (physics) a regular variation in value about a mean
  • a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
  • (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
  • a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon

Synonyms for the word oscillation

• • vibration

Hyponyms for the word oscillation

• • beat
  • cardiac cycle
  • Carnot cycle
  • Carnot's ideal cycle
  • libration
  • menstrual cycle
  • pass
  • resonance
  • ripple
  • sympathetic vibration
  • transient

Hypernyms for the word oscillation

• • action
  • activity
  • natural action
  • natural process
  • periodic event
  • recurrent event
  • undulation
  • wave

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