See Also: Pliny the Younger(encyclopedia)
Pliny the Younger(dictionary)
Pliny the Elder(dictionary)
Pliny the Elder(encyclopedia)
younger(dictionary)
Miltiades the Younger(encyclopedia)
Younger (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Agrippina the Younger(encyclopedia)
Pitt, William, the Younger(encyclopedia)
Holbein, Hans, the Younger(encyclopedia)

oscillation (iou) and Pliny the Younger (oh)


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.

Pliny the Younger (oh)



(?61-113 AD) an ancient Roman politician and writer whose letters provide a detailed picture of Roman life at that time. He was the nephew of Pliny the Elder.