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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024os•cil•la•tor (os′ə lā′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Electronicsa circuit that produces an alternating output current of a certain frequency determined by the characteristics of the circuit components.
- Mechanical Engineeringa device or machine producing oscillations.
- a person or thing that oscillates.
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to Latin oscillā(re) to swing (see oscillate) + -tor -tor
- 1825–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: oscillator /ˈɒsɪˌleɪtə/ n - a circuit or instrument for producing an alternating current or voltage of a required frequency
- any instrument for producing oscillations
- a person or thing that oscillates
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024os•cil•late /ˈɑsəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to swing or move to and fro, forward and back, or side to side:The pendulum oscillated.
- to vary, change, or switch between differing or opposite beliefs, conditions, moods, etc.;
vacillate. os•cil•la•tor, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024os•cil•late (os′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.i. - to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.:He oscillates regularly between elation and despair.
- Physicsto have, produce, or generate oscillations.
- Mathematics(of a function, sequence, etc.) to tend to no limit, including infinity:The sequence 0, 1, 0, 1, … oscillates.
v.t. - to cause to move to and fro;
vibrate.
- Latin oscillātus (past participle of oscillāre to swing, ride on a swing), equivalent. to oscill(um) a swing + -ātus -ate1
- 1720–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See swing 1.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fluctuate, waver.
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