Category:Oscillation

Os`cil*la"tion, n. Etym: [l. oscillatio a swinging.]

1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, Like a pendulum; vibration.

2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth. His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the Oscillation were not very remote. Macaulay. Axis of oscillation, center of oscillation. See under axis, and Center.