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Oscillation(health)
oscillation(dictionary)
oscillation(dictionary)

oscillation (iou)



oscillation noun. M17.
[Latin oscillatio(n)-, formed as OSCILLATE: see -ATION.]
The action of oscillating; (esp. Science) a single movement to and fro. M17.
E. Reveley He stayed..motionless save for the slow ruminative oscillation of his jaw.
fig. (A) fluctuation between two opinions, principles, purposes, etc.; vacillation. L18.
R. Macaulay These oscillations of fortune would..always occur. L. Hudson A violent oscillation between states of drunken orgy and..spirituality.
Math. The difference between the greatest and the least values of a function in any given interval. L19.