If an object oscillates, it moves repeatedly from one position to another and back again, or keeps getting bigger and smaller. I checked to see if the needle indicating volume was oscillating. + oscillation oscillations os·cil·la·tion Some oscillation of the fuselage had been noticed on early flights
{f} vary regularly between two positions; vacillate between two opinions; fluctuate between high and low values; swing predictably between two extremes
move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating
move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
If the level or value of something oscillates between one amount and another, it keeps going up and down between the two amounts. Oil markets oscillated on the day's reports from Geneva. an oscillating signal of microwave frequency. = fluctuate + oscillation oscillations os·cil·la·tion There have always been slight oscillations in world temperature
If you oscillate between two moods, attitudes, or types of behaviour, you keep changing from one to the other and back again. The president of the Republic oscillated between a certain audacity and a prudent realism. + oscillation os·cil·la·tion that perpetual oscillation between despair and distracted joy
To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
defined for each point x in the domain of the function by \inf\left\{\mathrm{diam}(f(U))\mid U\mathrm{\ is\ a\ neighborhood\ of\ }x\right\}, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point
The variation, usually with time, of the magnitude of quantity with respect to a specified reference when the magnitude is alternately greater and smaller than the reference
Variation with time of a quantity such as force, stress, pressure, displacement, velocity, acceleration or jerk Usually implies some regularity (as in sinusoidal or complex vibration)
Uneven wrap in coiling and lateral travel during winding Improper alignment of rolls over which the metal passes before rewinding and insufficient rewind tension are typical causes See also "Telescoping "
{i} act of something which oscillates; regular pendulation between two positions; vacillation between two opinions; fluctuation between high and low values; wavering between two extremes
The rate at which an electric toothbrush head moves back and forth or spins The higher the speed the more advanced the cleaning capability and stain removal
() From Latin oscillare (“to swing”) oscillum (“a swing”), usually identified with oscillum (“a little face or mask hung to a tree and swaying with the wind”), diminutive of os (“mouth, face”).