oscillation

== English == === Etymology === From French oscillation, from Latin oscillatio, from Latin oscillo. By surface analysis, oscillate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɒ.sɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === oscillation (countable and uncountable, plural oscillations) the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated a regular periodic fluctuation in value about some mean a single such cycle (mathematics) (of a function) defined for each point x {\displaystyle x} in the domain of the function by inf { d i a m ( f ( U ) ) ∣ U i s a n e i g h b o r h o o d o f x } {\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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== oscillate ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === colonialist == French == === Etymology === From Latin ōscillātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.si.la.sjɔ̃/, (proscribed but common) /ɔ.si.ja.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === oscillation f (plural oscillations) oscillation ==== Related terms ==== osciller === Further reading === “oscillation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Etymology === oscillera +‎ -tion, from English or French oscillation or German Oszillation, used in Swedish since 1805. === Noun === oscillation c an oscillation, a vibration, a shaking, a movement back and forth an oscillation, a periodic variation one cycle of such a variation ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== dallring darrning gungning skakning svängning vibration ==== Related terms ==== === References === “oscillation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “oscillation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)