Oscillation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. an act or instance of oscillating.
  2. a single swing or movement in one direction of an oscillating body.
  3. fluctuation between beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.
  4. 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.
  5. Mathematics.
    • the difference between the least upper bound and the greatest lower bound of the functional values of a function in a given interval.
    • the limit of the oscillation in an interval containing a given point, as the length of the interval approaches zero.
noun
  1. physics statistics
    • 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
    • a single cycle of such a fluctuation
  2. the act or process of oscillating
    Oscillation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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