EGAVE

oscillation

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Meaning

  1. noun the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
  2. noun a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
  3. noun a single such cycle
  4. noun defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf⁡{diam(f(U))∣U is a neighborhood of x}, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.

Similar words

vibration swing fluctuation swinging sway flutter wobble mixed transient volatility

Often followed by

of is in between frequency and at amplitude with

Word family

oscillational oscillations

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