oscillation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of oscillating between states
  2. noun (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
    vibration.
  3. noun a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
    cycle.
    • a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons

WordNet

Os`cil*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. oscillatio a swinging.
Definitions
  1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
  2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
    His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote. Macaulay.

Webster 1913