Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
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- adjective
Moving in arepeated back-and-forth motion. - verb Present participle of
oscillate .
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- adjective having periodic vibrations
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Examples
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An arrow drove past me and entered the ground, its feathered shaft vibrating and oscillating from the impact of its arrested flight.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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An arrow drove past me and entered the ground, its feathered shaft vibrating and oscillating from the impact of its arrested flight.
Chapter XV 1906
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Admittedly, it makes for a curious sight, a 30-something woman jogging around, her expression oscillating floridly between classic mild runner's resignation and apparent sudden astonishment at dustbins and squirrels and other wholly unastonishing things.
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That's very important, because we're in these things called oscillating markets, where what's hot now wasn't so hot last quarter.
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Nico stood looking at Bob, his facial expression oscillating with his thoughts, but giving her no fixed indication of what he was feeling or thinking.
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To this, he added another important notion: the idea of oscillating between polar extremes over time in order to create a higher-order synthesis.
Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999
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To this, he added another important notion: the idea of oscillating between polar extremes over time in order to create a higher-order synthesis.
Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999
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The great distinguishing feature of the telegraphs used in Great Britain is, that they are of the class known as oscillating telegraphs, -- that is, telègraphs in which the letters are denoted by the number of motions to the right or left of a needle or indicator.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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"No," said Righty, "it's called oscillating, and the machine is known as the oscycle" --
Andiron Tales John Kendrick Bangs 1892
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One of the problems with the prorogation decision, Mr. Graves says, is the "oscillating" reasons given by the Prime Minister for the shutdown, which have ranged from wanting to recalibrate the agenda to stock-market stability.
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