oscillation

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French oscillation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin oscillatio

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

oscillation (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 $x$ 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.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of oscillation

• Atlantic multidecadal oscillation
• climate oscillation
• decadal oscillation
• North Atlantic Oscillation
• North Pacific Oscillation

• quasi-biennial oscillation
• quasi-periodic oscillation
• quasi-quadrennial oscillation
• Southern Oscillation

Related terms

• oscillator

Translations

the act of oscillating

• Catalan: oscil·lació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 振盪／振荡 (zh) (zhèndàng), 振荡 (zh) (zhèndàng)

• Czech: kmitání n, oscilace f
• Dutch: trilling (nl)
• French: oscillation (fr) f
• German: Schwingung f, Oszillation (de) f
• Greek: ταλάντωση (el) f (talántosi)
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• Ido: ocilo (io)
• Italian: oscillazione (it) f
• Japanese: 振動 (ja) (しんどう, shindō)
• Portuguese: oscilação (pt) f
• Romanian: oscilare (ro) f
• Russian: колеба́ние (ru) n (kolebánije), кача́ние (ru) n (kačánije)
• Swedish: oscillation (sv) c, svängning (sv) c
• Tagalog: tugoy

math: of a function

• Hebrew: תנודה f (tnudá), אוסילציה f (osilátzya)
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Anagrams

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French

Noun

oscillation f (plural oscillations)

1. oscillation

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Swedish

Etymology

, 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

Declension

Declension of oscillation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	oscillation	oscillations
	definite	oscillationen	oscillationens
plural	indefinite	oscillationer	oscillationers
	definite	oscillationerna	oscillationernas

Synonyms

• dallring
• darrning
• gungning
• skakning
• svängning
• vibration

Related terms

• eteroscillation
• oscillationspunkt
• oscillationsrörelse
• oscillationstid
• oscillator
• oscillograf
• oscillogram
• oscilloskop

References

• oscillation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)
• “oscillation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1937