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English

Etymology

oscillate +? -or

Noun

oscillator (plural oscillators)

1. A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.
2. An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
3. (cellular automata) A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations.
   • 2010, Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata (page 126)

     Synthesis of spaceship flotillas is even more complicated than synthesis of oscillators, since spaceships are like oscillators that move […]

Hyponyms

• (cellular automata): pentadecathlon

Derived terms

• electronic oscillator
• harmonic oscillator

Translations

English

Etymology

From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatioMorphologically oscillate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

oscillation (countable and uncountable, plural oscillations)

1. the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
2. a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean
3. a single such cycle
4. (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point ${\displaystyle x}$ in the domain of the function by ${\displaystyle \inf \left\{\mathrm {diam} (f(U))\mid U\mathrm {\ is\ a\ neighborhood\ of\ } x\right\}}$, and describes the difference (possibly ?) between the limit superior and limit inferior of the function near that point.

Hyponyms

Related terms

• oscillate

Translations

Anagrams

• colonialist

French

Etymology

From Latin ?scill?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

oscillation f (plural oscillations)

1. oscillation

Related terms

• osciller

Further reading

• “oscillation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

oscillera +? -tion, from English or French oscillation or German Oszillation, used in Swedish since 1805.

Noun

oscillation c

1. an oscillation, a vibration, a shaking, a movement back and forth
2. an oscillation, a periodic variation
3. one cycle of such a variation

Declension

Synonyms

• dallring
• darrning
• gungning
• skakning
• svängning
• vibration

Related terms

• eteroscillation
• oscillationspunkt
• oscillationsrörelse
• oscillationstid
• oscillator
• oscillograf
• oscillogram
• oscilloskop

References

• oscillation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• oscillation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)