Definition of Oscillation. Meaning of Oscillation. Synonyms of Oscillation

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Definition of Oscillation

Oscillation
Oscillation Os`cil*la"tion, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.] 1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration. 2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth. His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote. --Macaulay. Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under Axis, and Center.

Meaning of Oscillation from wikipedia

- Oscillation is the back and forth repetitions, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two...
- Neutrino oscillation is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which a neutrino created with a specific lepton family number ("lepton flavor": electron, muon...
- El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical...
- Neural oscillations, or brainwaves, are rhythmic or repetitive patterns of neural activity in the central nervous system. Neural tissue can generate oscillatory...
- oscillation theory specifies that a solution to an ordinary differential equation is oscillating if it has an infinite number of roots. Oscillation theory...
- Self-oscillation is the generation and maintenance of a periodic motion by a source of power that lacks any corresponding periodicity. The oscillator...
- Pogo oscillation is a self-excited vibration in liquid-propellant rocket engines caused by combustion instability. The unstable combustion results in...
- a second (60 seconds divided by 120). For cyclical phenomena such as oscillations, waves, or for examples of simple harmonic motion, the term frequency...
- The Piora Oscillations are two cold periods in the Alpine climate history of the Holocene Epoch. Its dating differs between authors and no consistent modern...
- Nikola Tesla (/ˈnɪkələ ˈtɛslə/; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, ****urist...