What is osillation?

Question

Oscillation?

Answer 1

oscillation

noun

1 the oscillation of the pendulum swinging, swinging to and fro, swing, swaying.

2 his oscillation between commerce and art wavering, swinging, fluctuation, seesawing, yo-yoing, vacillation.

oscillate |ˈäsəˌlāt|

verb [ intrans. ]

1 move or swing back and forth at a regular speed : a pendulum oscillates about its lowest point.

• [with adverbial ] figurative waver between extremes of opinion, action, or quality : he was oscillating between fear and bravery.

2 Physics vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner around a central point.

• (of a circuit or device) cause the electric current or voltage running through it to behave in this way.

Answer 2

Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states. Familiar examples include a swinging pendulum and AC power. The term vibration is sometimes used more narrowly to mean a mechanical oscillation but sometimes is used to be synonymous with "oscillation." Oscillations occur not only in physical systems but also in biological systems and in human society.