Oscillation

Noun

 * 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)   defined for each point $$x$$ in the domain of the function by $$\inf\left\{\mathrm{diam}(f(U))\mid U\mathrm{\ is\ a\  neighborhood\ of\ }x\right\}$$, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.

Related terms

 * oscillator

Adjectives for Oscillation
electric; gorgeous; vibrating; rushing.

Thesaurus
alternation, beat, cyclicalness, equivocation, fluctuation, intermittence, intermittency, meter, pendulation, pendulum motion, periodicalness, periodicity, piston motion, pulsation, reappearance, recurrence, regular wave motion, reoccurrence, return, rhythm, seasonality, seesawing, shifting, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, shuffling, teeter-tottering, teetering, tottering, undulation, vacillation, variation, vicissitude, wavering, wobbling

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 振盪, 振荡
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * German: Schwingung,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 振動
 * Romanian: oscilare
 * Russian:, качание


 * Hebrew: תנודה, אוסילציה

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