oscillation

Etymology

From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

oscillation (countable and uncountable, plural oscillations)

1. the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
2. a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
3. a single such cycle
4. (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point in the domain of the function by , and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.

Anagrams

• colonialist

Noun

oscillation f (plural oscillations)

1. oscillation

Etymology

oscillera +‎ -tion, from English or French oscillation or German Oszillation, used in Swedish since 1805.

Noun

oscillation c

1. an oscillation, a vibration, a shaking, a movement back and forth
2. an oscillation, a periodic variation
3. one cycle of such a variation

References

• oscillation in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• oscillation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.