oscillation : Idioms & Phrases


Axis of oscillation

  • of a pendulum, a right line passing through the center about which it vibrates, and perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Webster 1913

Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation

  • . See under Axis, and Center.
Webster 1913

Center of oscillation

  • the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body.
Webster 1913

el nino southern oscillation

  • noun a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
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