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verb (used without object)
1.
to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
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to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.: He oscillates regularly between elation and despair.
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Physics. to have, produce, or generate oscillations.
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Mathematics. (of a function, sequence, etc.) to tend to no limit, including infinity: The sequence 0, 1, 0, 1, … oscillates.
verb (used with object)
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to cause to move to and fro; vibrate.
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Origin:
1720–30; < Latin oscillātus (past participle of oscillāre to swing, ride on a swing), equivalent to oscill(um) a swing + -ātus -ate1
1720–30; < Latin oscillātus (past participle of oscillāre to swing, ride on a swing), equivalent to oscill(um) a swing + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
in·ter·os·cil·late, verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
un·os·cil·lat·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
oscillate
1726, from L. oscillat-, pp. stem of oscillare (see oscillation). 1917 in electronics. Related: Oscillated; oscillating.
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oscillate os·cil·late (ŏs'ə-lāt')
v. os·cil·lat·ed, os·cil·lat·ing, os·cil·lates
To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm.
To vary between alternate extremes, usually within a definable period of time.
os'cil·la'tor n.
os'cil·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē) adj.
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