oscillation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
a single such cycle
(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.

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oscillation oscillations

From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatio, from Latin oscillo. By surface analysis, oscillate + -ion.

oscillate

eigenoscillation equioscillation magnetooscillation multioscillation oscillational oscillationless oscillationlike superoscillation

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