"oscillation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɑː.sə.ˈleɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-oscillation.wav Forms: oscillations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatio, from Latin oscillo. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|oscillation}} French oscillation, {{der|en|la|oscillatio}} Latin oscillatio, {{der|en|la|oscillo}} Latin oscillo Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} oscillation (countable and uncountable, plural oscillations)
  1. the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of oscillating): вибрация (vibracija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), осцилация (oscilacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), oscil·lació [feminine] (Catalan), 振盪 (Chinese Mandarin), 振荡 (zhèndàng) (Chinese Mandarin), kmitání [neuter] (Czech), oscilace [feminine] (Czech), trilling (Dutch), oscillation [feminine] (French), oscilación [feminine] (Galician), რხევა (rxeva) (Georgian), რყევა (rq̇eva) (Georgian), რწევა (rc̣eva) (Georgian), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba) (Georgian), ქანაობა (kanaoba) (Georgian), ოსცილაცია (oscilacia) (Georgian), Schwingung [feminine] (German), Oszillation [feminine] (German), ταλάντωση (talántosi) [feminine] (Greek), תְּנוּדָה (tnuda) (english: One oscillating unit) [feminine] (Hebrew), תְּנִידָה (tnida) (english: cyclical phenomenon) [feminine] (Hebrew), ocilo (Ido), oscillazione [feminine] (Italian), 振動 (shindō) (alt: しんどう) (Japanese), тербеліс (terbelıs) (Kazakh), نوسان (navasân) (Persian), oscilação [feminine] (Portuguese), oscilare [feminine] (Romanian), колеба́ние (kolebánije) [neuter] (Russian), кача́ние (kačánije) [neuter] (Russian), oscillation [common-gender] (Swedish), svängning [common-gender] (Swedish), tugoy (Tagalog), колива́ння (kolyvánnja) [neuter, plural] (Ukrainian), osgiliad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-oscillation-en-noun-w3yRX2mr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 1 1 47 Disambiguation of 'the act of oscillating': 93 0 0 7
  2. a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-oscillation-en-noun-NrHL~SIp
  3. a single such cycle Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-oscillation-en-noun-kt0GPmtc
  4. (mathematics) (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (math: of a function): תנודה (tnudá) [feminine] (Hebrew), אוסילציה (osilátzya) [feminine] (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-oscillation-en-noun-Gy8vuUyT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 1 1 47 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'math: of a function': 11 1 0 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: oscillate
Hyponyms: Atlantic multidecadal oscillation, climate oscillation, decadal oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, North Pacific Oscillation, quasi-biennial oscillation, quasi-periodic oscillation, quasi-quadrennial oscillation, Southern Oscillation, baryon acoustic oscillation, Bloch oscillation, Madden-Julian oscillation, pogo oscillation

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɔ.si.ja.sjɔ̃/, /ɔ.si.la.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-oscillation.wav Forms: oscillations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin ōscillātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|ōscillātiō|ōscillātiōnem}} Latin ōscillātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} oscillation f (plural oscillations)
  1. oscillation Tags: feminine Related terms: osciller
    Sense id: en-oscillation-fr-noun-PEeayKJJ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: oscillera + -tion, from English or French oscillation or German Oszillation, used in Swedish since 1805. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sv|oscillera|tion}} oscillera + -tion, {{m|de|Oszillation}} Oszillation Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} oscillation c, {{sv-noun|c}} oscillation c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], oscillation [indefinite, nominative, singular], oscillationen [definite, nominative, singular], oscillationer [indefinite, nominative, plural], oscillationerna [definite, nominative, plural], oscillations [genitive, indefinite, singular], oscillationens [definite, genitive, singular], oscillationers [genitive, indefinite, plural], oscillationernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. an oscillation, a vibration, a shaking, a movement back and forth Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-oscillation-sv-noun-cujnGxPN Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -tion Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 75 13 13 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -tion: 84 8 8
  2. an oscillation, a periodic variation Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-oscillation-sv-noun-T3Rw9TIW
  3. one cycle of such a variation Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-oscillation-sv-noun-~tkX2R0W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dallring, darrning, gungning, skakning, svängning, vibration Related terms: eteroscillation, oscillationspunkt, oscillationsrörelse, oscillationstid, oscillator, oscillograf, oscillogram, oscilloskop

Inflected forms

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    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
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      "form": "oscillationen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "oscillationerna",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oscillations",
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      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oscillationens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oscillationers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oscillationernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "eteroscillation"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscillationspunkt"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscillationsrörelse"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscillationstid"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscillator"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscillograf"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscillogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscilloskop"
    }
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        "one cycle of such a variation"
      ],
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    {
      "word": "dallring"
    },
    {
      "word": "darrning"
    },
    {
      "word": "gungning"
    },
    {
      "word": "skakning"
    },
    {
      "word": "svängning"
    },
    {
      "word": "vibration"
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}

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