"oscillating" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more oscillating [comparative], most oscillating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} oscillating (comparative more oscillating, superlative most oscillating)
  1. Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion; coming and going.
    Sense id: en-oscillating-en-adj-OR5XKPDp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 33
  2. (mathematics) Describing a function or divergent series that moves between multiple values. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-oscillating-en-adj-Tqq0UL9j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 33 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oscillatingly, oscillating wave test system

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} oscillating
  1. present participle and gerund of oscillate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: oscillate
    Sense id: en-oscillating-en-verb-GC9uSIqm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 33

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