oscillation
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, complete, experienced
VERB + OSCILLATION
called, resembles, state
OSCILLATION + NOUN
pendulum, rod, valve
PREP.
from, with
Definitions
noun
the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
The trial running tests which were made with the vehicles showed that they ride very steadily laterally, with almost complete absence of oscillation at all speeds.
In the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more modern locomotives less costly in maintenance.
a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
a single such cycle
(of a function) defined for each point x in the domain of the function by inf diam(f(U))∣Uisaneighborhoodofx, and describes the difference (possibly ∞) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.
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6The trial running tests which were made with the vehicles showed that they ride very steadily laterally, with almost complete absence of oscillation at all speeds.
WiktionaryIn the early days troubles were experienced with oscillation from the rod drive and with the transformers, but were overcome later, and these machines performed useful service until superseded by more
WiktionaryThe oscillations were getting so severe that painters on the bridge learned to tie down their tins before a train passed. They found holes and rents in the iron but never reported them as they were ne
WiktionaryNot a great deal of energy is required for keeping a free moving pendulum in a state of oscillation.
Tatoeba · #5427825It was November, 1904, when Mr. Fleming filed his patent application for a device he called an "oscillation valve."
Tatoeba · #11384209Its motion resembles the oscillation of a pendulum.
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