1. oscillation(n = noun.process) Array - the process of oscillating between states; Array
is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
has particulars: libration
Derived form verb oscillate1
2. oscillation(n = noun.event) vibration - (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean; Array
is a kind of undulation, wave
has particulars: ripple, transient, beat, resonance, sympathetic vibration
Derived form verb oscillate2
3. oscillation(n = noun.event) cycle - a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons"
is a kind of periodic event, recurrent event
has particulars: cardiac cycle, carnot's ideal cycle, carnot cycle, pass, menstrual cycle
Derived form verb oscillate2
1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration. [1913 Webster]
2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth. [1913 Webster]
"His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote." [1913 Webster]
N regularity of recurrence, periodicity, intermittence, beat, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, rhythm, alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity, bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say, anniversary, jubilee, centenary, catamenia, courses, menses, menstrual flux, rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine, days of the week, Sunday, Monday, months of the year, January, feast, fast, Christmas, Easter, New Year's day, Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day, All Souls', All Souls' Day, Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day, yearbook, yuletide, punctuality, regularity, steadiness, periodic, periodical, serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical, recurring, intermittent, remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily, quotidian, tertian, weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary, biweekly, fortnightly, bimonthly, catamenial, monthly, menstrual, yearly, annual, biennial, triennial, centennial, secular, paschal, lenten, regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork, periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods, punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.
N oscillation, vibration, libration, motion of a pendulum, nutation, undulation, pulsation, pulse, alternation, coming and going, ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down, fluctuation, vacillation, wave, vibratiuncle, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge, logan, loggan, rocking-stone, vibroscope, oscillating, oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory, libratory, rectilinear, vibratory, vibratile, pendulous, to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.