"oscillation" meaning in English

See oscillation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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)
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  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)
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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

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