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Definition
move or swing from side to side regularlyor:
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- The needle on the meter was oscillating.
oscillating = swinging from side to side
- He oscillates between playing both sports or just focusing on football.
- String theorists believe that all of the different "fundamental" particles of the Standard Model are really just sub-microscopic strings oscillating in different ways.
- She brought pillows and blankets in case we got stranded somewhere, an oscillating fan in case she got hot, plus...Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- A small fan sat oscillating in the corner.Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember
- I oskillate (mispronounces oscillate) between hope and despair for this world as well, Sam.Athol Fugard -- Master Harold...and the Boys
- I have heard that Sanaubar's suggestive stride and oscillating hips sent men to reveries of infidelity.Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
- Her art oscillates between relatively permanent bronze sculpture and ephemeral sidewalk art.
- It oscillates like a guitar string.
- Management of the patient requires high frequency oscillatory ventilation.
- Always alone, his soul oscillated, first on the side of death, then on the side of life, doggedly.D.H. Lawrence -- Sons and Lovers
- Your poise will be more powerful than any oscillating tendency of mine.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
- The needle within her wavered for a moment, burning its oscillating way between two courses: should she say that he would not, and see them kill him?Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- The doll's neck oscillated a little, its wooden lower jaw dropped and wavered and a shrill high-pitched woman's voice spoke: 'What is it, John?Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- He saw Villiers' eyes widen; the gun shook, its oscillating shadow cast against the wall.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- And farther still, beyond those forests and fields, the bright, oscillating, limitless distance lured one to itself.Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
- The oscillatory motion was imparted to this by one tentacle of the handling-machine.H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
- I did so with a lightened heart; but when we last looked back, Mr. Guppy was still oscillating in the same troubled state of mind.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- Medical research has determined the periods of oscillation, angles of swing, and radiuses, and speeds of rotation most likely to produce motion sickness.Annenberg Learner -- Amusement Park Physics
- The piece of wood, after having disappeared for a moment, came to the surface, and floated about with the oscillation produced by wind and tide.Jules Verne -- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
oscillating = swing from side to side regularly
oscillating = regularly sweeping from side to side
oscillate = waver between conflicting emotions or opinions
oscillating = swinging
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
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