oscillate

About 0.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

   A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.

2. verb To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.

   The mood for change oscillated from day to day.

3. verb To vary above and below a mean value.

Similar words

vibrate swing sway fluctuate vary range vacillate wave pendulate undulate

Often followed by

between in at with about back around and from

Word family

oscillated oscillates oscillating oscillatory