OSCILLATION Synonyms

• a wave motion

• an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

• the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes

• (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

• a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• a shaky motion

• the act of vibrating

• the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

• a shaky motion

• a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

• vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

• a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

• mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

• a sweeping blow or stroke

• changing location by moving back and forth

• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

• a jaunty rhythm in music

• the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

• in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

• a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

• move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• change direction with a swinging motion; turn

• influence decisively

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

• hang loosely

• hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

• alternate dramatically between high and low values

• live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

• have a certain musical rhythm

• be a social swinger; socialize a lot

• play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

• engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends

• a shaky motion

• vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

• United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

• (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable

• hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

• a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• cause to move back and forth

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

• a series of poems or songs on the same theme

• a periodically repeated sequence of events

• the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)

• a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon

• a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

• cause to go through a recurring sequence

• pass through a cycle

• ride a motorcycle

• ride a bicycle

• recur in repeating sequences