Definition of Oscillations. Meaning of Oscillations. Synonyms of Oscillations

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Definition of Oscillations

Oscillation
Oscillation Os`cil*la"tion, n. [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.

Meaning of Oscillations from wikipedia

- different states. Familiar examples of oscillation include a swinging pendulum and alternating current. Oscillations can be used in physics to approximate...
- interactions between neurons. In individual neurons, oscillations can appear either as oscillations in membrane potential or as rhythmic patterns of action...
- produced in nuclear reactors. No oscillations were found until a detector was installed at a distance 1–2 km. Such oscillations give the value of the parameter...
- Plasma oscillations, also known as Langmuir waves (after Irving Langmuir), are rapid oscillations of the electron density in conducting media such as plasmas...
- second (60 seconds divided by 120 beats). For cyclical phenomena such as oscillations, waves, or for examples of simple harmonic motion, the term frequency...
- Neutral B meson oscillations (or B – B oscillations) are one of the manifestations of the neutral particle oscillation, a fundamental prediction of the...
- Fluctuations in the Central Alps as Indicators of Holocene Climatic Oscillations". Arctic and Alpine Research. 29 (4): 445–458. doi:10.2307/1551992. JSTOR 1551992...
- Nikola Tesla (/ˈtɛslə/; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor,...
- oscillation. Unwanted self-oscillations are known in the mechanical engineering literature as hunting, and in electronics as parasitic oscillations....
- York City since 1950 have coincided with negative Arctic oscillations. Antarctic oscillation Climate variability and change John Michael Wallace North...