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oscillation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of oscillation

change, fluctuation, flux, inconstancy
Words Related to oscillation

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 of oscillation

jiggling, quivering, shaking, shivering, shuddering, trembling, twitching, vibration
Words Related to oscillation

juddering [chiefly British], quaking, rocking

jiggle, palpitation, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, twitch

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