oscillate

Verb

Meaning

To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vacillate vibrate hover bob seesaw wag teeter change jiggle rock vary wave shift pitch roll
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Antonyms

attack remain believe determine accept stay
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Hypernyms

waffle swing sway hesitate waver

Hyponyms

hunt librate shillyshally

Related terms

oscillation

Derivatives

oscillated oscillating

Anagrams

teocallis lactisole

Examples

He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement Source: Internet

the needle on the meter was oscillating Source: Internet

About 65 billion (main) solar neutrinos per second pass through every square centimeter perpendicular to the direction of the Sun in the region of the Earth. citation Neutrinos oscillate between different flavors in flight. Source: Internet

According to this theory, periods of mergers and acquisitions oscillate with periods of stagflation. Source: Internet

Along the line, the above expression for is seen to oscillate sinusoidally between and with a period of 2π/2k. Source: Internet

As a result, they are likely to cause the climate to oscillate between cooling and warming, but with an overall trend towards warming as the carbon dioxide they emit can stay in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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