Oscillation
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Definitions
- 1: the action or state of oscillating
- 2: variation, fluctuation
- 3: a flow of electricity changing periodically from a maximum to a minimum; especially : a flow periodically changing direction
- 4: a single swing (as of an oscillating body) from one extreme limit to the other
Description
Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states. Familiar examples include a swinging pendulum and AC power. The term vibration is sometimes used more narrowly to mean a mechanical oscillation but sometimes is used to be synonymous with "oscillation". Oscillations occur not only in physical systems but also in biological systems and in human society. [1]
