āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
oscillate
/ËÉsÉĒlËeâÉĒt/
to oscillate
01
āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to move back and forth repeatedly between two points or positions
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The metronome on the piano oscillated, providing a steady beat for the musician to follow.
āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to move back and forth in a regular rhythm between two or more states, positions, or opinions
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sarah found herself oscillating between supporting gun rights and stricter laws, unable to conclusively take one side in the heated debate.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĨ¤
03
āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž
(of an electric current) to vary in strength or direction in a consistent, repetitive cycle
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The signal generator caused the current to oscillate between high and low voltages.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
oscillation
oscillator
oscillate
oscill
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
