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oscillationos‧cil‧la‧tion /ˌɒsəˈleɪʃən $ ˌɑː-/ noun [countable, uncountable]  - Economists predict continuing oscillation of the Japanese yen.
- A series of such oscillations, aided perhaps by marine erosion, is probably an important cause of island formation.
- Both heavy weights and light weights have slow and fast oscillations.
- In wave terms this corresponds to the direction in which the oscillations take place.
- Table 6. 1 shows these four combinations and the observed results on oscillation.
- The liquid helps to support the weight of the compass card, and also dampens oscillation.
- The tanks travelled up and down the incline with a freeboard of about nine inches and little water oscillation.
- Volcanologists now recognize these oscillations as a red flag that a volcano is entering a dangerous phase.
- When the string is short, the oscillation is always fast.
1formal oscillations are frequent changes between two extreme amounts or limitsoscillation in/of oscillations in the value of the dollaroscillation between oscillating between growth and decline2formal oscillations are frequent changes between one feeling or attitude and another: The drug causes oscillations of mood in some people.3technical a regular movement of something from side to side: the oscillations of a pendulum4technical a regular change in direction of an electrical current |