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falter
English
Alternative forms
- faulter (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English falteren (“to stagger”), further origin unknown. Possibly from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??lt?(r)/, /?f?lt?(r)/
Noun
falter
- unsteadiness.
Translations
Verb
falter (third-person singular simple present falters, present participle faltering, simple past and past participle faltered)
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- 1672, Richard Wiseman, A Treatise of Wounds
- He found his legs falter.
- 1672, Richard Wiseman, A Treatise of Wounds
- (transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- 1807, Lord Byron, Childish Recollections
- And here he faltered forth his last farewell.
- 1807, Lord Byron, Childish Recollections
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- Here indeed the power of distinctly conceiving of space and distance falters.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- To stumble.
- (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
References
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oscillate
English
Etymology
From Latin ?scill?tus, perfect passive participle of Latin ?scill? (“swing”), from ?scillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ?scillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ?s (“mouth, face”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??s?le?t/
Verb
oscillate (third-person singular simple present oscillates, present participle oscillating, simple past and past participle oscillated)
- (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
- (intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
- (intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value.
Synonyms
- vacillate
Derived terms
- oscillator
Related terms
- oscillation
Translations
See also
- undulate
Further reading
- oscillate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oscillate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- oscillate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Tesla coil, lactisole, localites, teocallis
Italian
Verb
oscillate
- second-person plural present indicative of oscillare
- second-person plural imperative of oscillare
- feminine plural of oscillato
Anagrams
- alcoliste
- costellai
- scolliate
- sollecita
- solletica
oscillate From the web:
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- what oscillates in an electromagnetic wave
- what oscillates in a light wave
- what oscillates when a sound wave propagates
- what oscillates in this type of wave
- what oscillates in a sound wave
- what oscillates in gravitational waves
- what oscillates in em waves
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