oscillation

oscillation

noun

Definition of OSCILLATION

1

the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another <fickle springtime weather in which there seemed to be an unceasing oscillation between unseasonable heat and unseasonable cold>

Synonyms change, fluctuation, inconstancy, oscillation

Related Words metamorphosis, mutation, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation; vacillation, wavering

2

a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side <the precise oscillations of the quartz crystal that allows a quartz watch to keep such accurate time>

Synonyms jiggling, oscillation, quivering, shaking, shivering, shuddering, trembling, twitching

Related Words juddering [chiefly British], quaking, rocking; jiggle, palpitation, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, twitch