oscillation

Plural: oscillations

Noun

• the process of oscillating between states
• (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
• a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
• 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.

Synonyms

cycle, vibration

Related Words

oscillate