oscillation
nounEtymology
From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatio, from Latin oscillo. By surface analysis, oscillate + -ion.
- derived from oscillo
- derived from oscillatio
- derived from oscillation
Definitions
the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
- The trial running tests which were made with the vehicles showed that they ride very steadily laterally, with almost complete absence of oscillation at all speeds.
a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
a single such cycle
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(of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf…
(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.
The neighborhood
- neighboroscillate
- neighborAtlantic multidecadal oscillation
- neighborbaryon acoustic oscillation
- neighborBloch oscillation
- neighborclimate oscillation
- neighbordecadal oscillation
- neighborMadden-Julian oscillation
- neighborNorth Atlantic Oscillation
- neighborNorth Pacific Oscillation
- neighborpogo oscillation
- neighborquasi-biennial oscillation
- neighborquasi-periodic oscillation
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at oscillation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at oscillation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at oscillation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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