单词 | oscillate |
释义 | oscillate /os"euh layt'/, v. , oscillated, oscillating. v.i. 1. to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does. 2. to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.: He oscillates regularly between elation and despair. 3. Physics. to have, produce, or generate oscillations. 4. Math. (of a function, sequence, etc.) to tend to no limit, including infinity: The sequence 0, 1, 0, 1, ... oscillates. v.t. 5. to cause to move to and fro; vibrate. [1720-30; < L oscillatus (ptp. of oscillare to swing, ride on a swing), equiv. to oscill(um) a swing + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. See swing1. 2. fluctuate, waver. |
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