ALL meanings of oscillation
os·cil·la·tion
O o - noun oscillation Movement back and forth at a regular speed. 1
- noun oscillation an act or instance of oscillating. 1
- noun oscillation a single swing or movement in one direction of an oscillating body. 1
- noun oscillation fluctuation between beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc. 1
- noun oscillation Physics. an effect expressible as a quantity that repeatedly and regularly fluctuates above and below some mean value, as the pressure of a sound wave or the voltage of an alternating current. a single fluctuation between maximum and minimum values in such an effect. 1
- noun oscillation Mathematics. the difference between the least upper bound and the greatest lower bound of the functional values of a function in a given interval. Also called saltus. the limit of the oscillation in an interval containing a given point, as the length of the interval approaches zero. 1
- noun oscillation rapid fluctuation 1
- noun oscillation regular fluctuation in value, position, or state about a mean value, such as the variation in an alternating current or the regular swinging of a pendulum 0
- noun oscillation a single cycle of such a fluctuation 0
- noun oscillation the act or process of oscillating 0
- noun oscillation the act of oscillating 0
- noun oscillation fluctuation; instability; variation 0
- noun oscillation repeated variation in the value of some physical quantity, as position or voltage 0
- noun oscillation a single instance or cycle of such a variation 0