oscillating
Speech parts
1. oscillating - Adjective
2. oscillating - Verb
4. oscillating - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
of Oscillate
That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
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Examples
A badly designed oscillator circuit may suddenly begin oscillating on an overtone.
A damped harmonic oscillator can be: *Overdamped (ζ > 1): The system returns ( exponentially decays ) to steady state without oscillating.
Alternatively, the electrons can be accelerated by the oscillating electric field induced by an alternating magnetic field of a coil, which results in a self-sustaining discharge without a cathode (radio frequency ion thruster).
A more complicated model The above model of an oscillating mass on a spring is plausible but not very realistic: in practice, friction will tend to decelerate the mass and have magnitude proportional to its velocity (i.e. dx/dt).
Buildings in seismic zones are often constructed to take into account the oscillating frequencies of expected ground motion.
A theoretical study has shown that it is possible and practical to build a reciprocating engine that is composed of a single oscillating atom.